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Dec. 1 Bonaparte's Gull (adult), 2 Sooty Terns, 1 Lesser Sooty Tern, 

 2 Noddy Terns, 4 Whiskered Terns, 2 "White-winged Black Terns, 

 4 Caspian Terns, 2 Sterna Sinensis, the Chinese representative of 

 our Sterna minuta ; 18 specimens. 



Mr. Howard Saunders, 7, Radnor Place, Hyde Park. 



,, 12 Bird Skins, viz. :— 1 Ruff, 1 Swift, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Stonechat, 



2 Tree Sparrows, 2 Common Sandpipers, 1 Long-tailed Tit, 



1 Wood Wren, 1 Rock Pipit, 1 Barbet. Mr. E. Bold, Longbenton. 



„ Three Dunlins, Tringa alpina, shot at Holy Island. 



Mr. J. D. Walker. 

 ,, Red-throated Diver, Colymbus septentrionalis, shot at Holy Island. 



Mr. H. C. Swan. 

 ,, Pheasant, a very fine specimen, from Longhirst. 



James Joicey, Esq., M.P., Longhirst Hall. 

 1889. 



Jan. Australian Thick-knee Plover. Mr. J. Manuel. 



„ Teal (mature male). Mr. James Joicey, Urpeth. 



„ Pomarine Skua (almost mature), shot at Prestwick Car, about 1867. 



Mr. W. E. Beck. 

 ,, Common Pheasant, shot at Urpeth. Very nearly in the plumage of 

 the old Brown Pheasant. Jas. J. Joicey, Esq., Urpeth Lodge. 

 „ Five Hawfinches, shot at Beaufront. 



Mr. A. Bobson, Beaufront Kennels. 

 ,, Two specimens of the Wavy or Blue- winged Goose, Anser cceru- 

 lescens, Linn., from Hudson's Bay Territory. 



John Bae, Esq., M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. 

 Feb. Tree Creeper, Certhia familiaris, shot at Woodburn. 



Mr. Edward Neioton. 



,, Young Shag (in first plumage). Purchased. 



, , Australian, or New Holland Goose, Cereopsis Novce-Hollandice, from 



the Leazes Park. The Corporation of Newcastle. 



„ Bahama Duck, Dafila Bahamensis, Linn, (female). 



Mrs. Noble, Jesmond Dene House. 

 Mar. Young Curlew, Young Wren, Young Pheasant. 



Mr. Wm. Yellowley, Jun., So. Shields. 

 ,, Red-throated Diver, shot at Holy Island. 



Two Crossbills, shot at Winlaton. Mr. Thos. Thompson, Winlaton. 



,, A large collection of British, European, and Indian Bird Skins: 



1659 in cabinet and 457 in bags ; and 44 Mammalian Skins in 



cabinet. Mr. John Hancock. 



„ Two Green Woodpeckers, from Hampshire. Mr. S. Graham. 



May. Pheasant, Hybrid between the Common and Golden Pheasant, bred 



at the Leazes Park. The Corporation of Newcastle, 



