BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 1 884: BIRDS. 1 95 



J. E. Harting. Durham. 

 Meaning of the word 'Gaunt' applied to the Great Crested Grebe. Zool., 

 August, p. 350. 



A philological note ; refers incidentally to the tenure of certain lands in 

 Co. Durham, a.d. 1343-1361, by payment of one ' wode henne' yearly. 



Heckmondwike Naturalists' Society. 

 Eeports of Meetings. Naturalist, March, June, ix. 140 and 196. Yorkshire. 

 Records of ornithological observations in Yorkshire. 

 W. Hewett. 



Terns and Gulls inland in Yorkshire. Zool., August, p. 343. Yorkshire. 



Notes on Common Terns {Sterna flitviatilis) and Blackheaded Gulls [Lams 

 ridibundiis) at Strensall Common. 



R. G. HoPKiNSON. Yorkshire. 

 Quail \Coturnix comnmnis\ on the Yorkshire Wolds. Field, Oct. i8th, p. 530, 

 Not such a ra7'a avis on the Wolds as Mr. Romyn thinks. Some years ago 

 writer shot three at North Burton, eight miles from Nafferton. One shot in 

 the adjoining parish of Rudston. Thirty years ago not considered rare when 

 shooting about six miles from Bridlington. 



J. B. Howard (Halifax). 



Plovers' Eggs. Field, February 2nd, p. 165. Yorkshire? 



Records a nest with five eggs, of the Green Plover ( Vanelliis cristatus), 

 found May 14th, 1883 — place not stated. 



Robert J. Howard. Yorkshire, Lancashire. 



Eeported Occurrence of Cranes \^Gn/s comniunisi near Clitheroe. Zool., 

 November, pp. 470-1. 



Two seen on the 25th August, by R. Milne Redhead, flying over Bolton-by- 

 Bowland, Yorkshire, S.S.E., in the direction of Lancashire, and close to the 

 county boundary. 



Lancashire. 



Breeding of the Ruff [A/ac/ides pugnax\ in Lancashire. Zool., November 

 and December, pp. 466-7 and 490. 



Corrects Pennant's reference, and gives evidence in support of the breeding 

 of this species at Martin Mere within the last fifty years. 



Huddersfield Naturalists' Society. Northumberland, Notts. 



Reports of Meetings. Naturalist, February, ix. 123, March, ix. 140. 

 Records of occurrences of birds in Northumberland and Notts. 

 Hull Field Naturalists' Society. 

 [Report of Excursion to Hornsea.] Naturalist, July, ix. 215-6. Yorkshire. 

 Notes of birds observed there on the 14th of June. 

 Norman Hydes. 



Cuckoo \Cuculus canonis\. Nat. World, October, i. 180. Yorkshire. 



An adult female shot in Endcliffe Wood, near Sheffield, August i8th. 

 P. Inchbald. Yorkshire. 

 Arrival of Summer Birds. Field, April 12th, p. 499 ; April 19th, p. 560 ; 

 April 26th, p. 506; May 3rd, p. 597 ; May loth, p. 651. 



Dates of arrival are noted as follows: — Wheatear {^Saxicola ce)iaiithe\ 

 Pateley Bridge, Nidderdale, March 22nd ; at Harrogate, the Chiffchaff 

 \Pkylloscopus collybitd\, March 24th; Willow Wren \^P. Trockihis], 

 April 4th ; Tree Pipit \_Anihus trivialis], April 9th ; Cuckoo [Cuaclns 

 canorus\ April lOth; Sand Martin \_Cotile riparia\^ April 14th; Swallow 

 \Hiriindo rustica\ April i6th ; Redstart [^RiUiciila ph(xnicnrics\ April 19th ; 

 Nightingale \_Daulias luscinia\ April 20th; Blackcap \Sylvia atricapilla'], 

 April 2 1st : and at Hornsea, the Greater Whitethroat {Sylvia rufa\ April 



April 1885. 



