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On a Bronze Celt found at Linden. By E. G. Bolam, 

 Weetwood Hall, Belford. 



I send you herewith a sketch of an old bronze "Celt," which 

 was found in cutting a drain across a bog upon the Linden 

 estate, near Morpeth, and is now in the possession of the 

 proprietor, Mr. Ames. Its measurements are : — Length from 

 A to C, 5| inches ; width at A, If inches ; width at B, 1 inch ; 

 width at C, f ths of an inch ; thickness at D, fth of an inch ; 

 weight, 8 ounces. A drawing of a similar implement is 

 given in the " Pictorial History of Scotland" (Virtue & Co.) as 

 belonging to the bronze period ; but in this there is a bar 

 across the neck and a hole at the upper end, as if to attach a 

 handle by a wooden pin. These are not in the specimen 

 found at Linden, which seems a larger and stronger imple- 

 ment, and, judging from the marks, to have been attached to 

 the handle by strings or thongs. 



Note of the Arrival of some Migratory Birds at Belford, 

 Bowmoni Water, in 1873-4. By Dr. Robson Scott. 



1873. 



April 20. Sylvia trochilus (Willow Wren); observed several days 

 before singing. Hirundo urbica (House Martin); disappeared, 

 after staying a few days, and did not return till 6th May. 



May 7. Hirundo riparia and H. rustica. Tringa vulgaris (Sand 

 Piper). Cuckoo. 



May 12. Sylvia cinerea (Whitethroat). 



May 20. Swift (Hirundo apus). 



1874. 

 April 22. Chimney Swallow (Hirundo rustica). Sand Martin (H. 



riparia). 

 April 23. House Martin (H. urbica). 

 April 29. Cuckoo. 



May 9. Willow Wren. Did not sing until 13th, 

 May 18. Whitethroat. 

 May 20. Swift. 



