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Merlin, shot at Long Benton ; Great Spotted Woodpecker (female), 

 shot at Long Benton. Mr. Edwin Bold. 



New Zealand Quail, Blue Wattled Crow, Huia (male and female), 

 from New Zealand, sent to Mr. Hancock by Mr. G. H. Swan, 

 May, 1884. Kea, or Mountain Parrot, sent to Mr. Hancock by 

 Mr. Geo. Burnett, North Island, New Zealand, March, 1886. 



M?: John Hancock. 

 1887. Great Coot, Fidica gigantea, from Tarapoea, Chili. 



Mi: H. B. James, 16, Ashbimi Place, South Kensington. 

 Spotted Flycatcher, killed in Summerhill Grove in the summer 1885. 

 Mr. John C. Foi-ster, per Mr. H. S. Carr. 

 Two White-faced Tree Ducks, Dendrocycna viduata (Limi.), male and 

 female. Sir Edward Grey, Bart., M.P., FaUcden. 



Two Common Buzzards ; two Harriers ; one Brown Owl, Belsay ; 

 Kingfisher ; two Cuckoos, Belsay ; five Crossbills, Belsay ; three 

 Red Grouse, near Featherstone Castle ; Golden Plover ; Jack 

 Snipe, Belsay; Land Rail, Water Rail, Belsay; two Common 

 Quails, Cambridge ; Tufted Duck, Black-throated Diver, Bel- 

 say ; Tufted Duck and Golden Eye, Capheaton ; Pochard (fe- 

 male), Belsay; Merganser, Teal (male), Belsay. 



Sir Arthur E. Middleton, Bart., Belsay Castle. 

 Forty-eight bags of Indian and other Bird Skins, brought from Mr. 

 Hancock's house, and placed in Cabinet in the Bird Room. 



3Ir. John Hancock. 

 White Sparrow (young), killed at North Seaton, Newbiggin-by-the- 

 Sea, June, 1887. — . Bell, Esq., North Seaton. 



Four Eggs of Green Parrot, laid in Newcastle. 



Mi's. Hetherington, De Grey Street. 

 North American Eggs of Blue Jay, Purple Crackle, Rose-breasted 

 Grosbeak, from Denison and Ohio. 



Mr. Jose]]h Wearmouth, Neivbiggin, Middleton-in-Teesdale. 

 A specimen of Sabine's Gull (immature male), shot near Seaham 

 Harbour, Oct. 10th, 1879 ; stuffed by F. Raine. 



Purchased from F. Raine, Esq. 

 A specimen (in spirits) of Moloch horridus, from Western Australia. 



F. Page, M.D., Saville Place. 

 A small Saw -fish. Master Archer, Claremont Place. 



A small Tortoise (in spirits). Master Hall, Tynemouth. 



INSECTS, ETC. 

 1879. A Wasp's Nest. Z)V. Emlleton. 



Barnacles encrusting a Candle, found at Newbiggin. 



Miss Leila Allhusen. 



