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Hening Giill, Larus argentatus, J , St. Mary's Island. Nov., 1893. - ' 

 Ringed Gnillemot, Uria troile var. ringvia, 'Wliitley Saiids. Nov., 1895. 

 Water Rail, Rallus aquaiicus, Tynemonth. Nov. 12, 1895. John Duncan. 

 Goosander S in the Moult, Rothbury. Oct., 1895. 



W. H. Walker, Jarrow. 

 Female Pheasant, assiuning the male plumage, shot at Featherstone Castle. 



Oct., 1895. Hope Wallace, Esq., per Major E. Anne. 



Greater Black-backed Gull, 5 , Larus marinus, immatm-e, Feiiham Slake, 



Nov., 1895. 



Common Scoter, 2 , Oidemia nigra, St. Mary's Island. Nov. 1895. 

 Long-tailed Duck, Sa?-eZcfo ^rfocj'a/ts, 5 , juv, St. Mary's Island. Nov., 1895. 



John Duncan. 

 Skin of Tinamou, l^inamotis Bonapartii,&x\di an Eggof Tiuamoufrom Bogota, 



South America. Purchased. 



An albino variety of Java Finch. Mr. Alfred Hume. 



Fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis (L.), shot at the mouth of the Tyue. Oct., 1895. 



In Exchange per Mr. John Duncan. 

 Starling var. (kept three years in a cage) at Monkseaton. Dec, 1895. 



Mr. John Duncan. 

 Two Eiders, S and 5 , winter dress, mature. Jan., 1896. 



J. F. Blackefi, Esq., Newcastle. 

 Scaup Duck, J , FuUga marila, near Haydon Bridge. Jan. 25, 1898. 

 Teal, S , matm'e, Haydon Bridge. Jan. , 1896. Geo. E. Crawhall, Esq, 

 Complete Nest of Magpie, Pica caudata, built in the centre of a bunch of 



Mistletoe on the branch of an Apple-tree, at Kingsland, Herefordshire, 



taken by Mr. H. T. Williams, on the 11th May, 1895. 



Wm. Mark Pyhus, Esq. 

 Redwing, Turdus Iliacus, L. , caught dming the severe mnter, Jan., 1895, 



and has lived in confinement to the present time, 1896, when It was 



killed by rats. 

 Head of Rook with malformed, long upper mandible, shot at Alnmouth, 



April, 1892, in good condition. 

 Lesser Black-backed GuU, ? , with the Ova well developed ; six larger 



than the others and size of peas. April, 1895. 

 Razor Bill, Aha tarda, S , caught in a Salmon Net at St. Mary's Island. 

 Cardinal Grosbeak, Cardinalis Virginianus (cage-bii'd). 

 Hawfinch, young, killed against Greenliouse at Styford Gardens, Riding 



Mill-on-Tyne. June, 1896. 

 Peewit, young, CuUercoats. July, 1896. John Duncan. 



Grey Phalarope, Phala? opus fidicarius (L.) $ ? in siunmer plumage (stuffed 



bird, locality unknot™). ~ James Pool, Heaton. 



