Birds. 1049 



A Catalogue of Birds observed in South-eastern Durham, and in 

 North-western Cleveland* By John Hogg, Esq., M.A , F.R.S., 

 F.L.S., &c. 



This paper is a portion of a memoir which was read to the zoological section of 

 the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at York, September 26, 1844. 

 The remainder of the memoir, relating principally to the classification of birds, will 

 shortly appear in an enlarged form. As a sketch of the author's arrangement of the 

 birds included herein, has been published in the ' Report of the Fourteenth Meeting 

 of the British Association,' 1845, at pp. 59 and 60, it was considered unnecessary to 

 reinsert it in the present paper. 



Accurate reports of fads in any branch of knowledge or of sci- 

 ence, must be at least always useful in that country where they have 

 occurred, in order that they may be referred to at a future time, for 

 the solution of any question, or the comparison of any subject, in that 

 particular branch : and to the follower or admirer of the branch of 

 science to which they relate, they must likewise prove interesting. 



With this view, I have in the present paper collected some facts re- 

 lating to the Ornithology of a very small portion of Britain ; and since 

 about half of this district forms a corner of the large and noble coun- 

 ty wherein the British Association holds its meeting for the present 

 year, 1 beg to communicate to that scientific body the following brief 

 memoir on the birds of north-western Cleveland and of south-eastern 

 Durham. And in addition to the facts recorded in it, I have at the 

 same time inserted some scattered notes and observations. 



The district to which I have limited myself is as follows. In the 

 county of Durham, from Castle Eden Dene to Darlington, thence to 

 Croft-bridge on the Tees ; in the county of York, from Croft to Ap- 

 pleton-upon-Wisk, which village constitutes the western boundary of 

 Cleveland, then from Appleton-in-Cleveland to Stokesley ; thence in 

 a straight line to Staithes, and from the sea off Staithes to the eastern 

 extremity or mouth of Castle Eden Dene. And from a rough com- 

 putation, I find that this tract altogether contains nearly 320 square 

 miles. Now, the total number of species of birds which I have been 

 able to record as having been observed in that district, during a good 

 many years, amounts to no less than two hundred and ten. By re- 

 ferring to Mr. Selby's 'Catalogue of the Birds hitherto (1831) met 



* The author has used the scientific names employed by Mr. Yarrell. In recom- 

 mending all my contributors to follow this plan, I do not seek to express any opinion 

 as to the merits of individual names, but merely to establish a degree of uniformity in 

 our nomenclature of British birds. — Ed. 



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