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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 1 884: BIRDS. 



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Curious Nesting Place. Nat. World, May, i. 79. Lincolnshire. 



A Robin's \_Erithacus rubectila\ nest in a teapot, Osbournley, Lincolnshire. 

 N. F. DoBREE. yorkshire. 

 Eggs of Pied Wagtail [Motaciila higtib^'is^. Naturalist, June, ix. 194. 

 Thirteen eggs in a single nest at Hessle, East Yorkshire. 

 W. Duckworth (Carlisle). Cumberland. 

 Willow Wrens \PhyUoscopiis trochiliLs\ Field, August 23rd, p. 263. 

 Discussion of the question whether there are two varieties or species. 

 W. D[uckworth]. Cumberland. 

 Birds Notes \^sic\ from Carlisle. Land and Water, September 13th, p. 270. 

 Varieties of the Meadow Pipit {AntJius pratensis) and Sand Martin {Cotile 

 riparia) referred to. Birds passing down the Solway on their autumnal 

 migration, Greenshank \Totamts glottis\ Green Sandpiper [Tofaiitis ochrop2(s\, 

 Curlew Sandpiper \_T7'inga siibarquata\ Black-tailed Godwit \_Liniosa cego- 

 cephala], Turnstone \_Strcpsilas inierpres\ and Reeve {^Machetes piignax\ all 

 having been got during the first week of September. 



T. F. Thiselton Dyer. Lancashire. 

 Natural History Folk-lore Notes. Land and Water, July 19th, p. 63-64. 



This long and interesting article contains a reference to a Lancashire 

 tradition that Rooks \_Coyviis fntgilegns\ always begin to build on the first 

 Sunday in March, 



Editor of Field. Yorkshire. 

 Singular Accident to a Sandpiper \Tringa alpind\. Field, March 15th, p. 385. 

 A Dunlin ( T. alpma) picked up on the Yorkshire coast, by Sir R. Payne 

 Gallwey, was starved to death. A cockleshell had closed upon the bird's beak 

 so tightly as to muzzle it completely, and prevent it feeding. 



Editor of Natural History Journal. Notts , Yorks., Lancsh., Cumb. 

 Summer Migrants, 1881 Nat. Hist. Journ., June 15th, viii. 98. 



A tabulated series of the dates of arrival, with averages, of summer birds at 

 Mansfield, Barnsley, York, Scarborough, Garstang, Silloth, and Leeds ; with 

 remarks. 



Editor of Natural History Journal. Yorkshire. 

 Kingfishers \^Alcedo ispidd\. Nat. Hist. Journ., December 15th, viii. 179. 

 Unusually plentiful this season near York and elsewhere. 

 Elland-cum-Greetland Naturalists' Society. Yorkshire. 

 Eeport of Meeting. Naturalist's World, May, i. 77. 

 Field-notes relating to common species of birds. 

 George W. Eskholme. Yorkshire. 

 Large Colony of House Martins {^Chelidon 2irbicd\. Field, September 13th, 

 p. 396. Nests of the House Martin. Naturalist's World, October, i. 180. 



On August 1 2th were noted on an uninhabited house at Hart with, in 

 Nidderdale, 46 nests within nine yards. 



W. D. J. F. Cumberland. 

 Arrival of Spring Migrants [at Carlisle], Land and Water, May 17th, p. 460. 

 Sand Martin {^Cotile ripai-ia], March 23rd ; Willow Wfen {^Phylloscopus 

 troc]iilus\ April 6th ; Redstart {^Rtiticilla phcejticunis], April 7th ; Chiffchafif 

 \Phylloscop2is riifus\ April 8th ; Swallow \_Hinmdo rtisticd\, Apr^il 9th ; 

 Tree Pipit \Anth21s trivialis\ and Whitethroat \Sylvia r2ifd], April nth; 

 Common Sandpiper \_TTingdides hypole2tcos\ April 13th ; Cuckoo \^C2iciilus 

 canor2is\, (heard and seen) April 14th ; Corncrake \^Crex prateftsis], shot April 

 17th, not in cry till 28th; Blackcap {Sylvia atricapilla\ April 27th; Pied 

 Flycatcher \Muscicapa atricapilld\ (reported), April 27th ; Swift [Cypselus 



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