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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 1 884: BIRDS. 



Maria Brockbank. 



Yorkshire 



White Eobin [Erithaais rtibecida]. Nat. Hist. Journ., April 15th, viii. 60. 

 Near Settle. 



Address to . . the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club, . . May 1 Ith, 1882. 

 Nat. Hist. Trans. Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle, viii. 161 to 168 

 and 171 (1884). 



Summary of bird-notes made at the 188 1 field meetings, viz.: — Corbridge- 

 on-Tyne, Whit-Monday; ^Nliddleton- in-Teesdale, June 29th and 30th; 

 Marsden ; &c. And other notes at p. 171 considered with reference to 

 climate. 



D. F. Burton. Yorkshire. 

 Late Nesting of Partridge [Perdix cinerea]. Field, November 1st, p. 597. 

 One sitting on nine eggs, October 4th, in a sheltered position, presumably 

 at Cherry Burton, Beverley. 



G. F. Butt. Westmoreland. 

 [Pale variety of Ked Grouse {Lagopus scoticus)]. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 45 ; Zool., 

 March, p. 119. 



Two shot out of a brood of ten on the Appleby Moors, Westmoreland, 

 September, 1883. Remarkable for their pale plumage, nearly white, mottled 

 with brown. 



C. C. Durham. 

 Large Snipe [? Gallmago ccelestis]. Field, November 15th, p. 695 ; Land and 

 Water, same date, p. 477. 



A full Snipe, quite 6 oz. in weight, shot in Co. Durham, November 6th. 

 The Editor of the Field suggests it may have been the Great or Solitary 

 Snipe \Gallinago major], which weighs from 6 oz. to 8 oz. 



F. Carr and J. E. C[lark]. 

 York. Nat. Hist. Journ., May 15th, viii. 80. Yorkshire. 



Notes on nesting of various birds, and on a Pied Sparrow {^Passer domesticns\. 

 James Carter. Yorkshire. 

 Oyster Catchers {^Hccmatopiis ostralegiis\ inland. Field, March ist, p. 280. 



A pair observed, February 2nd, after a strong N.E. gale, on the Yore banks 

 at Masham ; they left next day. First instance which has come under obser- 

 vation there. • 



Starling \Stitrmts vidga7'is\ ousted by a Swift \_Cypselus apics\. Field, May 

 24th, p. 702. 



At Masham. The Starlings had occupied a last year's Swift's nest. 



Nesting of the Hawfinch [Coccotlwausfes vulgaris\ in North Yorkshire. 



Field, August 30th, p. 300. 



Several occurrences at Masham in the last few years. In 1883 a family 



made an onslaught on green peas, and a young one was caught. In 1884, a 



nest with five eggs found. May 22nd. 

 Green Sandpiper \Totamis ochropus\ near Masham. Field, September 13th, 



p. 396. 



Three observed the past few weeks — one on Marfield Pond, and the 

 other two on the Yore bank, near Masham. A fourth killed at Nutwith Cote. 

 Notes from North Yorkshire. Field, October i8th, p. 530. % 



Another Green Sandpiper {T. ochropus) observed on the Yore near Masham, 

 October 5th. A flock of eighteen ducks, on the 6th. were thought to be 

 Tufted Ducks \_FtiIig2iIa c?-istata\. The first Woodcock \_Scolopax rustiaila\ 

 flushed on the nth at Bramley Grange, though several had been previously 

 seen. Brambling {^Frhigilla inoiitifringilla\ shot, on the nth, out of a flock. 

 A remarkably light-coloured Hooded Crow \_Corviis comix] shot at Coverhead, 



E. I. J. Browell. 



Durham, Northumberland. 



Naturalist, 



