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palustris, Cerlhia, Tardus musicus, T. merit la, Fringilla Calebs, Erithacus, 

 Parus major, P. cceruleus, Regulus cristatus, Corvus frugilegus, Acrocephalus 

 pkragmitis, and Cinclus\ Sci. Goss., Aug. 1892, pp. 169-170. 



J* Backhouse. York S.E. 



Gadwall [Chanlelasmus streperus] in Yorkshire [a fine female shot, Feb. 



1892 at East Cottingwith near York]. Nat., A p. 1892, p. 116. 



J. Backhouse. 



York Mid W. 



Nesting of the Chiffchaff [{Phylloscopus rafits) in garden at Holgate, 



York, in Austrian Pine at least 9 feet from ground]. Zool., Ap. 1892, p. 150. 



J. Backhouse. York S.E. 



Baillon's Crake [Porzana hailloni] near Pocklington, and White Varieties 



of the Jay [Garrulus glandarius] near York [with particulars]. Nat., Oct. 

 1892, p. 308. 



J. C. Bacon. Isle of Man. 



Albino Starling [Stumus vulgaris] in the Isle of Man [shot near Colby, 



3rd Oct. ; a Procellaria pelagica found dead on Port Erin shore, October 

 1891]. Nat., Jan. 1892, p. 3. 



Matthew Bailey. York S.E. 



Flamborough Bird- Notes [anent non-arrival of the two RuticillcB, and 



lateness of Hirundo, Cuculus, and Tardus to7-quatus\ Nat., June 1892, 

 p. 186. [Anent arrival or occurrence of Sylvia sylvia, Eudromias, Tartar, 

 Cypselus, and Phalacrocorax gracu/us, the latter an unprecedented occurrence 

 of a nesting pair]. Nat., July 1892, p. 215. [Anent migration or occurrence 

 of Cypselas, Sula, Rissa, Larus, Sterna, Scolopax rusticola, Lanius excubitor, 

 Alauda arvensis, Tardus merula, T. musicus, T. iliacus, and Regains 

 cristatus]. Nat., Nov. 1892, p. 326. [Anent departure of Hirundo, Saxicola, 

 Ruticilla phcenicurus, an albino Hirundo, a pied Tardus merula, late 

 appearance of Cypselus, and occurrence of Lanius excubitor, Chenalopcx 

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Samuel Barber. Cumberland, Westmoreland. 



Beneath I Helvellyn's Shade, j Notes and Sketches 1 in the Valley of 



Wythburn I . . | . . | . . j [4 lines of poetry] I London : j Elliot Stock . . 

 1892 [small 8vo., pp. x. 4- 166 ; noting Buteo vulgaris, Ardea cinerea and Anas 

 boschas as the most noticeable birds, the former occurrence of Corvus coras 

 the presence of Tinnunculus, Cuculus, the c stone-chat ' (probably Saxicola 

 cenantke), Troglodytes, Fringilla ccelebs, Phylloscopus trochilus, Acrocephalus 

 pkragmitis, Anthus trivialis, Pratincola rubetra, Cypselus, Cheluion, Cotile, 

 Hirundo, Turdus musicus, and T. morula, and absence of Sylvia atricapilla 

 and S. hortensis ; comparative abundances of birds noted at pp. 50-53]. 



Major Bell. York N.W. 



Solitary Snipe [Gallinago major] in Yorkshire [one weighing 8 oz. shot 



near Bedale, Oct. 4th, 1892]. Field, Oct. 15th, 1S92, p. 607. 



W. P. Black burn e-Maze. 



Lane. S. 



Swan's Eggs [a nest of Cygnus olor with 17 eggs at Cuerden Hall, 



Preston, Lanes.]. Field, Oct. 1st, 1892, p. 537. 



George Bolam. Cheviotland, York S.E., Cumberland. 



Occurrence of the Snow Goose [Chen hyperboreus] in Northumberland 



during the winter of 1890-91 [given in detail; the birds were seen at Holy 

 Island, 2nd January, 1891 ; reference also made to the species being 

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 1892, pp. 1-3. 



Geo. Bolam. 



Northumberland. 



Notes on ■ The Supposed Inter-Breeding of the Merlin [Falco tesaltm 



and Kestrel [Tuinunculus alaudarius] in Northumberland in 1886' [dis- 

 cussed, in reply to F. B. Whiil-ck, and confirming him by collateral evidence 

 as to Eudromias and yEgialitis hiaticnla given on the same doubtful 

 authority]. Nat.. Dec. 1892, pp. 369-370. 



Naturalist, 



