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BIRDS. : - ; 



1898. Nest and Five Eggs of the Dabchick from near Haydon Bridge-on- 

 Tyne. Geo. E. Crawhall, Esq. 



Two Abnormal Eggs of the Domestic Fowl. 



Mr. Robt. Stark, Gateshead. 

 Redshank in first plumage, near Haydon Bridge, June 9th, 1898. 



Geo. E. Crawhall, Esq. 

 Young Curlew in first plumage, Woolsington, 22nd July, 1898. 



Air. John Jackson. 

 Skin of Brent Goose [Bernicla brenta).^ The bird had been kept alive for 

 several years at Sir Andrew Noble's, Jesmond Dene Lady Noble. 



Young Coot in summer plumage, shot near Haydon Bridge, Aug., 1898.' 



Geo. E. Crawhall, Esq. 

 Young Blackcock changing from first feathers, Sept., 1898, Haydon 



Bridge. 

 Wigeon, male immature, Sept., 1898, Haydon Bridge. 



Geo. E. Crarvhall, Esq. 

 Pomarine Skua, immature, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, 1893. / 



Red-throated Diver, immature, Whitley, Northumberland, 1895. 



yohtt Jackson. 

 Oyster-Catcher with damaged lower mandible, which shews an increase of 

 growth since the injury. Mr. Newton, Saltjiey Ferry, Cheshire. 



A Case of Stuffed Birds (British Guiana) set up by John Hancock. 



Normafi Cookson, Esq., Wylam-ojt-Tyne. 



A Cabinet and Collection of British Birds' Eggs, and a Collection of 



British Butterflies and Moths, formed by the late Joseph Watson, jun., 



of Gateshead. Presented by Mrs. L. Watson. 



A Brace of Partridge {Perdix cinerea), $ and ? , shot at Coupland, near 



Wooler, Dec. 28th, 1898. J. D. Scott, Esq. 



Kestrel, 5 apparently very old, killed against wires near Chester. 



Mr. V. Newt 071, Saltney Ferry, Cheshire. 



Two Toucdus, Rhamphastos carinatus (L.) ; Two Hangnests, Ostinops 



decumanus (Pall.) ; Two tricaruncalated Bell Birds, Chasmorhynchus 



tricarunculatus (Verreaux) ; Three Parra Jacana, all from Costa 



Rica. W. E. Beck, Esq. 



Male and Female Golden Pheasant, and small Crake (loc. and sp. ?) 



The Misses Clapham, Grosvenor Place, 

 Male and Two Female Pochards, Fuligla, shot near Haydon Bridge 

 J Dec. 14th, 1897; ? ? Dec. 14th, 1898. 



Geo. E. Crawhall, Esq, 

 Two Pomarine Skuas received from Mr. Scott, Middlesbrough. 



- /;? Exchange, 



