1262 Birds. 



One was shot at White Mare Pool near Sunderland, and is in the col- 1 

 lection of my cousin, Edward Backhouse, Jun. of that place. 



Black Tern, Sterna nigra. I have two specimens in the young 

 plumage from a collector at Stockton, who informed me they were got 

 in the Tees mouth. 



Arctic Tern, Sterna arctica. Not so abundant as the common 

 tern, but frequent in the Tees bay. 



Roseate Tern, Sterna Dougallii. Occurs in the Tees bay, but 

 rare. 



Lesser Black-backed Gull, Larus fuscus. Common about the 

 Tees mouth. 



Arctic Skua, Lestris parasiticus. A specimen in the young plu- 

 mage was obtained at Seaton by Edward Backhouse, Jun., it is much 

 smaller than Richardson's Skua, and has a different cast of plumage 

 to any of the numerous specimens of that species I have seen, the two 

 middle-tail feathers which are partially elongated, are rounded at the 

 end like the Pomarine Skua, though in the old state, they are very 

 long and finely pointed. 



The above fourteen birds, added to those already in the catalogue, 

 makes the total number observed in the district 2*24. Selby has only 

 214 species, but since his list was published, many fresh species have 

 been observed in the two counties. The only birds in Hogg's list 

 which cannot be added to Selby's, as inhabitants of Northumberland 

 and Durham, are the Black Woodpecker observed at Yarm, and the 

 Rock Pigeon, if these latter are really the true wild species, and not 

 escaped from dove-cots ; of the Great Plover, which is not enumerated 

 by Selby, I have seen a specimen which I was assured was shot in 

 the high parts of this county, near the Moors. The following birds 

 are in Selbys's catalogue, but I am not aware of their having been ob- 

 served in this district. 



Snowy Owl, Noctua erminea. Rothbury and Elsdon, Northum- 

 berland, 1823. 



Tengmalm's Owl, Noctua Tengmalmi. Near Morpeth, 1812. 



Golden Oriole, Oriolus galbula. A female at Tynemouth, 1821. 



Blue-throated Warbler, Curruca suecica. Newcastle Town Moor. 



Grasshopper Warbler, Salicaria Locustella. Near Durham and 

 western parts of that county. 



Rose-colored Pastor, Pastor roseus. Near Durham and Chester- 

 le-Street. 



Roller, Coracias garrula. Near Howick and South Shields ; 

 1 have a fine specimen shot near the Tyne. 



