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THE BIEDS OF THAT POETION OF THE NOETH- 

 EAST COAST BETWEEN TYNEMOUTH AND 

 SEATON SLUICE, NOETHUMBEELAND. 



By J. M. Chaelton. 



(Continued from p. 218.) 



Golden Oriole {Oriolus galhida). — One of the two specimens 

 recorded for Northumberland by J. Hancock was a female killed 

 in a garden at Tynemouth in the spring of 1821. This is 

 recorded by Selby in his Catalogue, and, as is stated by J. Han- 

 cock, is probably the bird that is in the Hancock collection 

 among the birds from the old museum. 



Great Grey Shrike {Lanius excuhitor). — A rare migrant. 

 I know of six birds recorded for the district. A male was shot 

 by John Laws, Jun., at Cullercoats in 1871, and is now in the 

 Hancock Museum. Two were shot in about 1890 by Mr. John 

 Ewen. Two more were observed by my brother and myself in 

 the fields behind Whitley and close to Whitley Dene on April 

 14th, 1904. They flew from the sea chattering, and settled on 

 a tree near us, after which they flew on inland. They had 

 evidently just arrived, although this is an unusual date for them 

 to do so, for this species has not been known to breed in England. 

 Possibly they were making for the west coast, and thence north. 

 Another was shot in Holywell Dene in 1900. 



Waxwing {Ampelis garrulus). — A very rare visitant. The 

 only record is of a pair in fine plumage which were shot near 

 Earsdon on Feb. 8tb, 1848 (Zool. vol. vi. p. 2064), and recorded 

 by T. J. Bold. In the following year nineteen specimens were 

 captured in South Durham, and there was a considerable irrup- 

 tion of these birds on the north-east coast at that time. 



Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola) . — An uncommon 

 resident during spring and summer, but more often seen while 

 on migration in spring and autumn. It breeds in Holywell Dene. 



Pied Flycatcher (M, atricapilla). — A rare spring visitant. 

 Mr. E. Duncan tells me that he was once informed by Mr. 



