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A specimen of the Spotted Flycatcher m first feathers from Woolsington. 



Stuffed and presented by yohn yackson. 

 A young Landrail in first feathers, shot near Otterburn, Redewater. 



y. D. Walker, Esq. 

 A young Creeper, Certhia familiaris, from Duns, Berwickshire. 



R. Mitford, Esq. 

 A collection of Bird's Eggs from the Falkland Islands and Tierra del 

 Fuego. Allen H. Hohbs, Esq., Ellison Place. 



Cormorant, ? , beginning to moult, Holy Island. 



Geo. Bolam, Esq., Berzvick- on -Tweed. 

 A specimen of the Common Partridge, Perdix cinerea, with white horse- 

 shoe mark on the breast ; shot near Haydon Bridge, Sept., 1899. 



George E. Craw kail, Esq. 

 A fine specimen of Bewick's Swan, Cygmis Bewickii, 5 adult, shot by 

 Thomas Walton, gamekeeper to Geo. E. Crawhall, Esq., on the 

 Moor near Haydon Bridge, Dec, 7th, 1899. 



Presented by Geo. E. Crawhall, Esq. 

 Red-throated Diver, shot in Cullercoats Bay, Dec, 1899. 



Mr. W. H. Vincent, North Shields. 

 Pintail, 5 , shot near Fenham Flats. 



Geo. Bola??i, Esq., Berwick-upon-Tweed. 

 Nest of Wren with one of the parent birds strangled with a hair from the 

 lining of its own nest, found near Rothbury by Mr. Garvie. 



Presented by IV. E. Adams, Esq., Weekly Chronicle. 

 Female Wigeon, immature, shot near Haydon Bridge, Dec. 5th, 1899. 



Geo. E. Crawhall, Esq. 

 A collection of 58 Skins of Californian Birds (36 species). 



Presented by Alfred W. Johnson, Esq. , formerly of Gateshead. 

 A Green Paroquet, kept in confinement in Newcastle. 



Mrs. H. Bertram, Clayton Park Square. 



Six cases of Stuffed Birds (local specimens), bequeathed by the late J. C. 



Dennis, Esq., Benton. Per Roger Buston, Esq., Tunbridge Wells. 



Skin of White Sheathbill, Chionis alba. Egg Harbour, South America, 



lat. 45- S., long. 65 W. 



John Voting, Esq., 64, Hereford Road, London, W. 



REPTILES AND FISHES. 



Skull of Crocodile from Borneo. 



W. E. Roberts, Esq., Siindakan, Borneo, per C. E. Robson, Esq., 



Newcastle. 

 Sloughed Skin of large Snake from Burmah. 



Lieut. -Col. C. H. E. Adamson, 



