312 LIST OF DONATIONS 



MAMMALS. 



1888. 



Nov. Common Squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris, from Cotherstone. 



Miss E. Tweedale, Mistletoe Road. 

 Dec. Skeleton of Rat with abnormal growth of teeth, taken at Carr's 



Hill, Whitfield, West Allen. Mr. J. Merrvweather. 



1889. 

 Jan. A very large specimen of the Brown Rat, from Callerton. 



Mr. E. 0. Reid. 



June. Two Skulls of Wapiti, Cervus Wapiti, var. of Cervus elaphus, and 

 Lower Jaw of Caribou. Mr. Wm. Charlton. 



1888. BIRDS. 



Aug. Young Cuckoo. Miss Robson, Bymess, Redewater. 



,, Two cases of Gallinaceous Birds, from India. 



H. B. Riddell, Esq., WMtefield House, Rothbury. 

 ,, Manx Shearwater (first plumage), from Island of Eigg. 



Mr. Thos. Thompson, Winlaton. 

 Sept. Common Sandpiper, Totanus hypoleucos, shot on the Leazes. 



Mr. H. A. Lines. 



Oct. Hooded Crow, Corvus comix, from Nunnykiik. Mrs. Noble. 



„ Group of Bullfinches (male and female), killed against window at 



Oatlands. Mr. John Hancock. 



„ Common Gull, Larus canus (first plumage). 



Black-headed Gull, L. ridibundus (bird of the year), from Hebburn 

 Reservoir. Mr. James S. Forster. 



Nov. Portion of Skeleton of Sandgrouse, killed in 1863. 



,, ,, „ killed at Cragside, 1888. 



,, ,, Red Grouse and Breastbone of Common 



Partridge. Skeleton of Ring Dotterel. Mr. John Hancock. 



,, A live Hobby, Falco subbuteo, and Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus 



(female), caught in the Red Sea. Capt. N. R. Sayers. 



,, Pied Blackbird, shot at the Felling, Nov., 1888. 



Rev. E. Haythornthwaite. 



Dec. Two cases of specimens. One case containing Cardinal Grosbeak, 



Whimbrel, Green Paroquet, Squirrel, and Four-horned Cottus, 



stuffed by R. R. Wingate, for John Hancock, before 1825 ; and 



one containing Merlin, from which Bewick's figure of his Stone 



Falcon was made (see edition 1826), Rosehill Paraquet, Trunk 



Fish, Land Rail, Hawfinch, and Knot, stuffed by John Hancock 



about 1826-27. Mr. John Hancock. 



,, Gentoo Penguin, from the Falkland Islands. Mr. Philip Hobbs. 



,, Specimen of Willow Grouse (summer plumage), mottled variety, 



said to be from Thurso, but locality not verified. Exchange. 



