BIBLIOGRAPHY: BIRDS, 1892. 1 63 



R. Lydekker. 



Westmorland. 



Bird Bones from the Rock Fissures of Helsfell, Westmorland [with 



wood-cut figures of bones of Butco ; the remains are of four species]. 

 Macpherson's Vertebrate Fauna of Lakeland, 1892, pp. lviii.-lx. 



H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 



[Occurrence of Saxicola isabellina at Aigle Gill, Allonby, Nov. nth, 1887; 



details given, also remarks on range]. Ibis, Jan. 1888, pp. 149-150. 



H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 



Occurrence of three examples of the Pectoral Sandpiper (Trirrga 



macula/a) near Penrith, 18th Oct., 1888; two shot; particulars given]. 

 Ibis, Jan. 1889, p. 136. 



H. A. Macpherson. 



On Pelagodroma marina, a Petrel new to the British List [one washed 



up dead on Walney Island, after a severe gale in Nov. 1890 ; reference also 

 to the 1875 occurrence td Aquila clanga at Walney ; and to occurrence there 

 of Lomvia troile, Mergulus alle, and Oceanites oceanic us]. Ibis, Oct. 189 1, 

 pp. 602-604. 



H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland, Westmorland. 



The Osprey [Pandion haliaclus] in Lakeland [in criticism of A. G. More's 



note and in defence of T. C. Heysham's records]. Zool., Feb. 1S92, p. 75. 



H. A. Macpherson. « Cumberland, Westmorland, and Furness. 



A Vertebrate | Fauna of Lakeland including Cumberland and West- 

 morland J with Lancashire North of the Sands j . . 

 . - I . - J • • I • • Edinburgh) 1S92 [has a chapter on * Bird Bones 

 from the Rock Fissures of Helsfell, Westmorland, 5 at pp. lviii. — by R. 

 Lydekker; a chapter on 'The Variation of Colour in Animals' at pp. 

 lxxvi. -lxxvii. ; a chapter on 'Hybrid Birds' at pp. lxxix. -lxxxii. ; a chapter 

 on 'Bird Fowling' at pp. Ixxxiii. -Ixxxix. , with figures; a chapter on 

 1 Introduced Species' at pp. xc.-xcii. ; a ' Review of the Fauna of Lakeland' 

 at pp. xciv.-xcviii. ; and a ' Conclusion' to the 'Prolegomena' at pp. c.-civ. ; 

 the List of Birds extends from p. 87 to p. 460, with additional notes at 

 PP- 53**533 * 2 &4 species of birds are included, each of which is treated of 

 in more or less detail ; and in the index the local names are incorporated]. 

 [Review, in which reference is made to Muscicapa atricapilla and 

 Eudromias as the two most characteristic birds of the Lake area, and to 

 Saxicola isabellina as its greatest rarity]. Ibis, Jan. 1S93, pp. 138-139. 



H. A. Macpherson. Furness. 



Fauna of the English Lake District [inquiring the present whereabouts 



o( three rare birds killed in Lakeland; Larus ph: xdelphia y bo locality; 

 Porphyria ocruleus, killed at I irange ; and Aquila clanga, obtained in 

 Walney Island]. Field, May 28th, 1S92, p. 810. 



H. A. Macpherson. 



Cumberland. 



The Wild Birds Protection Act [and destruction of eggs of Totanus 



cmiidris, H« matopus. Sterna, Tringa alpina. Van us, ./ otitis fa icula, 

 etc., in the Sol way marshes of Cumberland ; increase in numbers of certain 

 species, etc.]. Field, June 18th, 1892, p. 903. 



H. A. Macpherson. 



Cumberland. 



Ruddy Sheldrakes [Tadonm casarca\ in a so-called wild state [one shot 

 July 20th, 189 2, in Cumberland], Field, Aug. 13th, 1892, p. 287. 



11. A. Macpherson. 



Cumberland. 



Ruddy Sheldrakes [ Tadorna casarcd] in the British Isles [discussing the 



Cumberland occurrence} Field, Aug. -Jth, 1892, p. 329. 



H. A. MAcphkrson. 



York Mid W. 



' More Escapes ' [note as to the Yorkshire Bernida mage! *, and other 



birds]. Nat, Sep. 1892, p. 260. 



June 1806. 



