BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 1 884: BIRDS. 



apiis\ April 28th; House Martin S^Chelidon tirbica] and Wood Wren [Fhyllos- 

 copus sibilatrix\ April 30th ; Sedge Warbler \_Acrocephalus phrag?nitis\ and 

 Grasshopper Warbler \Loctistella /icevia], May 6th; Common Tern [Sterna 

 fluviatilis\ May 9th. Other notes given. 



Blue-throated Warbler {Cyaneaila, ? species] on Spurn Head. Zool., October, 



Two seen (one shot), September 15th ; three more (one a male of the 

 second year, the others birds of the year) procured on the 18th. 



Thomas Ford. 



Notes from North Lincolnshire. Field, June 14th, p. 810. Lincolnshire. 



The notes refer to Nightingale [Daulias htscinia\ near Louth ; Cuckoo 

 [Ctmihts cano}'iis\, singing at night ; Thrushes \^l\irdiis nuisictcs\ increasing in 

 number; Woodpeckers more numerous; Curlews {^Numenhis arquata\, near 

 Caistor ; Goldfinches {^Cardtielis elega}is\ scarce; Gullery near Manby ; 

 Heronry in neighbouring woods ; Kingfishers \_Alcedo ispidd] observed ; Jays 

 \_Ga)'ruhis glandarius], very common in Pelham Woods ; Swallows S^Hiriindo 

 riisticd\, arrived early, April loth ; Corncrake \^Crex pratensis\ very abun- 

 dant. 



Ornithological Notes from North Lincolnshire. Field, December 6th, p. 771. 

 Migratory birds unusually numerous this season. Food for them very 

 plentiful. Fieldfares \^Titrdus pilaris]. Redwings {^Turdus iliaciis]. Larks 

 [? Alaiida arvensis] Starlings \SHirnus vidgaris\ in flocks ; Thrushes [Ticj'dtis 

 musicits\ have fully resumed their normal numbers. Goldfinches \^Carduelis 

 elegans] very numerous, Bulfinches yPyrrJmla europoed] somewhat rare, Wood- 

 peckers and Jays[6'ar;7//?/j'^/(^;z(f<^rmj-] somewhat plentiful in the Pelham Woods, 

 Wood Pigeons [Coluniba palnjnlnis] — packing in hundreds ; Snipe \Gallinago 

 ccelestis], Woodcock {^Scolopax rusticula']. Kingfisher \^Akedo ispidd], Heron 

 {Ai'dea cinerea], seen. 



J. Fountain. Yorkshire. 



A Pure White Herring Gull [Zanis argentatus]. Field, October 4th, p. 487. 

 One shot in Filey Bay, September 26th. 

 John W. Fowler. Lancashire. 



Blackbird \Turdtis meridd] with Three Broods. Field, June 28th, p. 887. 

 At Eastham, near Liverpool. 



EDVi^ARD J. GiBBINS. 



Pied Lapsing [Vatiellus vulgaris]. Sci. Goss,, August, p. 190. Yorkshire. 



Two York occurrences are noted. 

 Galleries. Field, March ist, p. 280. Northumberland, Yorkshire. 



One at Hallypike Lough, Northumberland, a few miles W. from Chollerford. 

 In June, 1882, there were at least 500 adult Gulls \_Lartis ridibiindus] there. 



Further particulars given as to the Yorkshire Gulleries at Riccall and 

 Strensall. About twenty pairs at Riccall in 1881, and only three or four pairs 

 in 1882. Extensive draining operations in 1881 probably led to this diminu- 

 tion. The Strensall colony is at present a very weak and small attempt to 

 refound a settlement, a few pairs nesting in 1881, 1882, and 1883. 

 T. J. Goldsmith. Notts. 

 'Local Observations' [at Nottingham]. Midi. Nat., February, vii. 53. 



Young birds of Hedge Sparrow {Accentor modiilaris] taken in Nottingham 

 gardens in January. 



William Green. Durham. 

 Bird Notes during the Winter of 1880 and 1881. Nat. Hist. Trans. 

 Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle, 1884, viii. 28-30. 



Notes referring to numerous familiar species, made at Thornely House, 

 Lintz Green. 



April 1885. * K 



Theo. Fisher. 



Yorkshire. 



p. 430. 



