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November 14th. Quantities of Redthroated Divers \_C0ly7nln1s sepientrio)ialis\ 

 and several flocks of Guillemots \Lomz'ia troile\ in winter plumage, were seen 

 same day. 



Barxsley Naturalists' Society. YorksMre. 

 Eeports of Meetings. Naturalist, April, June, July, ix. 152, 153, 195, 214; 

 and Quart. Trans. Barnsley Nat. Soc, iv. 4 and 5, 



Records of bird-movements in the South Yorkshire district during the first 

 half of the year. 



E. F. Becher (Southwell). Notts. 

 Food of the House Sparrcy \^Passer domesticus\ Zool., August, p. 342. 

 They cleared apple trees of Tortrix-larvje, afterwards reverting to a grain diet. 

 W. Becher (Southwell). Notts. 

 Strange behaviour of Starlings {^Stiirmis vitJgaris~_. Zool., February, p. 70. 

 Three having been shot out of a flock, the others, after taking wing, turned 

 back and hovered for about a minute over their slain companions. 



Nesting of the Long-tailed Titmouse {Acrediila rosea]. Zool., Sept., p. 383. 

 Various Nottinghamshire nests noticed or described ; the bird was more 

 abundant near Southwell during the spring of 1884 than for several years 

 previous. 



Robert Bellhocse (Alderley Edge). Cheshire. 

 Management of Kookeries [Corz'/is friigilegus]. Field, ^lay 3rd, p. 597. 



In spring, 1883, two paii's built in beech trees in writer's garden ; in 1884 

 there were some twenty-eight to thirty nests. He enquires how to make the 

 rookery permanent. 



George Bolam. Northumberland. 

 Ornithological Notes [from Berwick-upon-Tweed]. Proc. Berv.-. Nat. Club, 

 X. 384-396. 



Very numerous and detailed notes, referring partly to the neighbourhood of 

 Berwick-on-Tweed and partly to North Northumberland, and to the following 

 birds: — O^-^x^y {Paiidion haliaetiis), Common Buzzard {Bideo vulgaris). Honey 

 Buzzard {Pernis apivortis). Rough-legged Buzzard iArchibriteo lagopiis-. Great 

 Grey Shrike (Za/^/wj exacbitor)^ Tawny Owl \Syrniic7n aliico). Pied 

 czXchtx [Miiscicapa afncapilla), Red-breasted Flycatcher {M. parva), Golden 

 Oriole [Oriohis galbula), Hedge Accentor {Accentor uiodiilaris). Ring Ouzel 

 ( TiLrdiis torquatics), Grasshopper Warbler [Locnsfella ncevia). Lesser White- 

 throat {Sylvia ciirrtcca), Golden-crested AVren {Regichis crisiatics\, Waxwing 

 [Ainpelis garnclns), variety of ^Meadow Pipit {Aiit/ius praiensis), Goldtinch 

 [Cardiielis elegans), albino Starling [Shinms vulgaris), probable nesting of 

 Hooded Crow {CorviLs comix). Hoopoe [ Upiipa epops). breeding of Stockdove 

 ( Cohiuiba Q;nas], Quail ( Cohirnix covinumis), Grey Plover {Sqiiatarola helveiica), 

 Dusky Redshank {Totamis fnscus), Rufl:'" {Machetes ptignax), Little Stint 

 [Tringa mintita}, Bar-tailed God.\\it {Li?nosa lapponica), Black-tailed Godwit 

 (L. cEgocephala), Whimbrel {Xumeniiis phczopiis), Landrail {Crex pratensis), 

 Bewick's Swan (Cygnus bez^ucki). Grey-lag Goose \Anser ciiureics), Bernicle 

 Goose {Berjiicla leitcopsis). Shoveller {Spatula clypeata), Pintail {Dafila acicta). 

 Smew {MergiLs albelhis), Great Crested Grebe {Podiceps cristatics), Red-necked 

 Grebe {P. g7'iseige7ia), Sclavonian Grebe {P. auritiLs), Eared Grebe {P. nigri- 

 collis), Stormy Petrel {Procellaria pelagicd). 



Bradford Naturalists' Society. 

 Diary of Natural History Observations for 1884. 2S pp. Yorkshire. 



Includes numerous notes on birds observed in the Bradford district during 

 the year. 



Bradford Naturalists' Society. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire. 



Reports of Meetings. Naturalist, April and June, ix. 153-4, 196. 



Notes on birds observed in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. 



March 1885. 



