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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 1 884: BIRDS. 



J. H. GURNF.Y. JUN. Notts. 



On the 'Hairy' Variety of the Moorhen {Gallmula chloropus). Trans. 

 Norf. and Norw. Nat. Soc, 1884, iii. 581-587. 



On p. 586 the British occurrences are tabulated, whereby it appears that 

 the ninth example was a Nottinghamshire one, now in Mr. Whitaker's col- 

 lection of varieties. 



Food of Sparrows ^Passer domesticus]. Zool., Oct., pp. 428-9. 



Recorded as feeding in Notts, upon apple-feeding larvae of Teras con- 

 taniinana. 



Remarks on the Occurrence of the Egyptian Nightjar \Caprimulgus 

 cegypthts Licht.] in Nottinghamshire. Ibis, 1884, 5 th series, ii. 173-4. 



Record of occurrence near Mansfield, on the 23rd of June, 1883. The bird 

 is now in the collection of Mr. Joseph Whitaker, who had it in the flesh. 

 The distribution of the species given, and the occurrences in Europe cited. 



Northumberland, and Yorkshire or Durham. 

 On the Occurrence of a Flock of the Arctic Blue-throated Warbler 

 {Erithaciis \Cyaneculd\ siiecica) in Norfolk. Trans. Norf. and Norvv. 

 Nat. Soc, 1884, iii. 597-601. 



The simultaneous occurrence of other examples is mentioned, one shot on 

 the Northumberland coast, September 22nd, 1883, and one identified but not 

 . shot the day before, at Tees mouth. 



S. R. Hallam. 



Curious Bird. Nat. World, June, i. 98. Derbyshire. 



Killed at Newton, near Burton-on-Trent, August, 1883 ; said to be a hybrid 

 between Song Thrush [ Twdits inusiciis\ and Starling \Sturnus vulgaris\ 



S. R. H[allam]. (Burton-on-Trent.) Derbyshire. 

 Great Grey Shrike [Z. exciibitor\ Nat. World, September, i. 159. 



Noticed at Stapenhill, in June. A female Kingfisher \Alcedo ispidd] also 

 recorded, killed by flying against a glass window. 



John Hancock. Durham. 

 Occurrence of Sabine's Gull, Larus Sabini, Leach, in the County of Durham. 

 Nat. Hist. Trans. Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle, 1884, viii. 27-28. 



Shot at Seaham Harbour, October nth, 1879. The specimen was in its 

 first plumage. 



Isaac Harding. 



Ikligratory Birds on the Yorkshire Moors. Zool., May, pp. 1 90- 1 9 1 . Yorkshire. 



Field notes of numerous species on the moors about Marsden and Hudders- 

 field, including Stonechat \_Pratmcola r2ibicold\. Oyster Catcher \_Hcei?iaiopjis 

 ostralegus\ Hawfinch \_Coccothra71stes vulgaris\ Crossbills [? Loxia cicrvi- 

 rostrd\, Brambling \Fringilla viontifringiUd\, and Water Rail \_J\alhis 

 aqiiaticus\ 



James Hardy. Northumberland. 

 Report of the Meetings of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club for the 

 year 1883. Pmc. Berw. Nat. Club, x. 258-260-280-281-284. 



Ornithological notes made at Holy Island, June 27th, and at Middleton Hall. 

 J. E. Harting. Lancashire, Northumberland, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire. 



Gulleries. Field, February i6th, p. 204. 



This paper gives accounts of Gulleries on Pilling Moss and on Walney 

 Island, in Lancashire ; at Fallowlees, Harbottle Tarn, Sweethope, Pahns- 

 burn, Dunse Castle, and Paston Lake, near Yetholm, Northumberland ; at 

 Hornsea Mere, Riccall Common, Thorne Waste, Strensall Common, and 

 Newton Fell, in Yorkshire ; at Twigmoor, near Brigg, and on the neighbouring 

 estate at Manton, Lincolnshire. 



Naturalist, 



