24 A catalogue; of the birds 



20. GECINUS, Boie. 



3. Green" Woodpecker. Gr. tiridis, (Zinnceus.) 



Picus viridis, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, I., 276. 

 „ Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, II., 137. 



A resident. ISTot by any means common, but it occasionally 

 breeds in the district. Mr. Isaac Clark took a nest of it with 

 three eggs, at Miasteracres, two or three years ago. 



According to Wallis, this species was frequent in Dilston Park 

 before the trees were cut down. 



21. YUNX, Linnceus. 



4. Wrtjsteck. Y. torquilla, Linnceus. 



Yunx torquilla, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, I., 288. 

 Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, II., 158. 



This is a spring-and-autumn migrant, and is far from common 

 in I^orthumberland, but is more frequently seen in Durham. I 

 shot one, near Hartley, April, 1833. A pair bred in the year 

 1813, and for four or five years after, in the garden at Cleadon 

 House, the residence of the Eev. G. C. Abbs. This is the only 

 instance I know of its having bred in the district, but as it is a 

 spring-and-autumn migrant, it may be expected occasionally to 

 do so, though this is probably about its northern limit. 



Family. CUCIJLID^, Vigors. 

 22. CUCULUS, Linnceus. 



5. Cuckoo. C. catv^oeus, Linnceiis. 



Cticulus canorus, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, I., 267. 

 ,, „ Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, II., 189. 



This common and well known spring-and-autumn migrant has 

 been found in this district to deposit its eggs in the nests of the 

 following birds, namely, the Meadow Pipit, the Hedge Accentor, 

 the Pied Wagtail, tlie llced Bunting, the Grasshopper Warbler, 



