1 86 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 1884: BIRDS. 



it is seldom heard before ]\Iarch. Green [ Vanellns vidgaris\ and Golden 

 Plovers \_Charadrucs 'phivialis\ also noted. 



Our Migratory Birds (Ullswater District). Land and Water, May loth, p. 439. 



Dates of arrival and notes on numerous species given. 

 Late Corncrake \_Crex pratensis]. Land and Water, November 8th, p. 462. 



One picked up dead close to Flimby Station, on the shore of Solway Firth, 

 October 28th. The body was quite warm. Killed by the telegraph wire. 



Anonymous ['Snipe']. Derbyshire. 

 Wood Sandpiper \Totamis glaTcola] in Derby. Field, September 20th, p. 431. 

 One killed at Calke Abbey, on August 24th, is now in Sir J. H. Crewe's 

 collection. 



Manx Shearwater {^Piiffiniis angloriau'] near Burton-on-Trent. Field, Sep- 

 tember 20th, p. 431. 



One mobbed by Turkeys and easily captured in a field at Walton ; now in 

 Mrs. Wyse's possession. 



James W\ Addyman. ' , Yorkshire. 



Bittern [BotanTjis stellaris] in Yorkshire. Field, February 2nd, p. 165. 



A fine specimen shot by the writer at Arkendale, n-ear Knaresborough, 

 January 19th. 

 Oliver V. Aplin. 



Uncommon Varieties of British Birds. Zool., January, pp. 10-13. Notts. 



List of varieties in the collection of Mr. J. Whitaker, of Rainworth Lodge, 

 ]\Iansfield. 



Oliver V. Aplin. Cumberland, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Notts , Lincolnshire. 

 Note of some rare British Birds in the collection of Mr. J. Whitaker. 

 Zool., February, pp. 50-52. 



The list includes notes of various Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, Cumberland, 

 Derbyshire, and Lincolnshire specimens. 



John Armstrong [Northallerton]. Yorkshire. 

 Magpie \_Pica rtisticd] laying in Confinement. Field, July 5th, p. 6. 

 One which had been in confinement fourteen years, laid two eggs. 

 E. W. H. B. (Repton, Derbyshire). Derbyshire. 

 Early Nesting of the Long-tailed Tit {^Acrcdida rosea]. Field, April 12th, p. 499. 

 Two nests on March 24th — one with several eggs ; the other just finished. 

 J. Backhouse, jun. Yorkshire. 

 Great Grey Shrike [Lanius major Pall.] at York. Zool., February, p. 68. 

 A female of the northern type of Great Grey Shrike [Lanius major Pall. ) 

 was killed very near to York, November 1883. 



The American Kestrel [Falco sparverms] in Yorkshire. Zool, June, p. 230. 

 The writer announces that he has gained additional strong evidence in the 

 matter. 



Singular Accident to a Sandpiper {^Tringa alpina\ Nat. Hist. Journ., 

 June 15th, viii. 99. 



Extract from the Field, supplemented by a remark showing that the occur- 

 rence was near Spurn. 

 M. Bailey. ♦ Yorkshire. 



Notes from Flamborough. Land and Water, October nth, p. 361 ; Novem- 

 ber 8th, p. 462 ; and November 22nd, p. 501. 



Woodcocks [Scolopax rusticnla'] arrived early; one shot October 6th. 

 Hooded Crow \_Corvus comix] seen same day. Great arrival of Woodcocks 

 October 29th ; also of Fieldfares [Tnrdus pilaris], Thrushes \_T2Lrd1cs musiais]. 

 Blackbirds [ I'lirdiis merula], and Crested Wrens [Regulzis crista iiis]. Large 

 flights of Kittiwakes [Rissa tridactyla] passed the headland northward, 



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