196 BIBLIOGRA.PHY OF 1884: BIRDS. 



29th ; Lesser Whitethroat \SyIvia curruca\ April 30th ; Sedge Warbler 

 YAcrocephahis pJiraginitis\ May 1st; Wood Warbler {Fhylloscopics sihilatrix\ 

 May 5th ; and at York, the Swift \Cypsehis apus\ on the 7th of May. 



Nest of the Grasshopper Warbler \Loaistella noevid\. Field, Aug. i6th, p. 246. 

 Not very uncommon near Harrogate. A nest, found 6th August, is 

 described . 



Breeding of the Hawfinch {Coccothraicstes viilgaris\ in Yorkshire. Field, 

 August 23rd, p. 263. 



A pair bred in the Orchard at Rudding Pa.rk, near Knaresborough, in spring, 

 1884. 



G. W. J. 



Gulleries. Field, February 23rd, p. 276. Cumberland. 



Harting has stated there are none in Cumberland or Westmoreland ; there 

 is one in the former county, at Jenkin's Cross, about five miles E. of Wigton. 



Fanny E. Jackson. Lancashire. 

 Garstang. Nat. Hist. Journ., February 15th, viii. 18; April 15th, viii. 60. 



Flocks of Plovers seen all winter. Phenological notes on vaiious other 

 birds. 



J NO. J. Jackson. Yorkshire. 

 Woodcocks \Scolopax rusticula] near Whitby. Land and Water, November 

 15th. p. 477. 



The earliest date on which one was shot was October 29th. In 1883 the 

 first appearance was during the last part of November. 



Thomas Jackson. 



Gulleries. Field, ]March ist, p. 280. Lancashire. 

 The Gullery on Pilling Moss no longer exists — land now all cultivated. 

 About three miles E. is a Gullery on Winmarleigh Moss, where the Gulls 

 nest in immense numbers. The Lesser Blackbacked Gull {^Larits ftiscus\ 

 used to breed there abundantly ; but since the Blackheads \_Larus ridibicndus] 

 have been protected, they have completely driven away the Lesser Black- 

 backed Gulls. There is another small Gullery about two miles from the 

 village of Scorton. 



F. KiRTON. 



Thirsk, North Yorkshire. Nat. Hist. Journ., May 15th and June 15th, 

 viii. 80 and 97. 



Phenological observations on birds' eggs noted in the spring of 1884. 

 R. B. L. Westmoreland. 

 Bittern [Botaiirus stellaris] in Westmoreland. Field, December 20th. p, 843. 



One shot December 3rd, close to Whinfell Tarn, near Kendal. 

 Robert Lee. 



Additions to the Yorkshire Fauna. Field, May 31st, p. 737. Yorkshire. 



A female Hen Harrier \Cirais cyaneus\ shot on Smilesworth [? Snailes- 

 worthj Moor, November i6th, 1883. 



Leeds Naturalists' Club. 

 Eeport of Meeting. Naturalist, June, ix. 197. Yorkshire. 



Records of Yorkshire birds. 



B. B. L[E] T[all]. ^ Yorkshire. 



The last hours of a Gold-crest [Reguhts cristahis\. Nat. Hist. Journ., 

 October 15th, viii. 140. 



One caught at the Birley Vale Collieries, near Sheffield. 



Naturalist, 



