BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 1884 : BIRDS. 1 99 



Hy. Murray. Lancashire or Westmoreland. 



Rare Birds at Carnforth. Young Nat., March, v. 87. 



Pintail Duck \_Dafila aciitd\, male and female, January ; Long-tailed Duck 

 {Harelda glacialis), fine male, 14th February; all shot in the bay. 



J. N. Northumberland. 

 Singular Pugnacity of a Wild Duck [? Anas boscas\ Field, Dec. 13th, p. 840. 

 In July a Wild Duck, which was accompanied by six or seven ducklings, 

 attacked and killed a Carrion Crow {^Coi'vus coi'one\ on the Tweed, at Norham. 



T. H. Nelson. 



Snipe \GaUi71ago ccElesiis\ Perching. Zool., January, pp. 28-9. Yorkshire. 

 Observation made in Ryedale, North Yorkshire. 



Lancashire. 



Velvet Scoter [GEdejiiia fnsca] near Manchester. Zool., April, p. 143. 

 One shot on Rhodes Reservoir, November, 1883, by Dr. Kershaw. 



Yorkshire. 



Sooty Shearwater \_Ptiffi?tus grlseics'] at Redcar. Zool., April, pp. 147-8 

 and 157. 



Puffimis griseics, one shot September 17th, 1883, two miles off Redcar. 

 Exhibited to Zool. Society, March 4th. The record is erroneously stated to 

 be new for Yorkshire. 



Pomatorhine Skua {Stercorarius pomatorhimis\ at Eedcar. Field, October 

 nth, p. 499. 



One shot October 2nd. Of the black vaiiety, first recorded by writer in 

 1879. 



Black Pomatorhine Skua \Siercorariiis pomatorhinus\ at Redcar. Zool., 

 November, p. 469. 



One of this melanic form shot at sea off Redcar, October 4th. The occur- 

 rence of numerous other birds at Redcar is also recorded. 



Arrival of Woodcocks \^Scolopax riisticula\. Field, Nov. ist, p. 597. 



First arrivals at Redcar were October 6th. Seasonal notes on numerous 

 other species are given — viz. , on Short-eared Owls \_Asio accipiirinus\ Hooded 

 Crow \Corviis comix], Green Plover [Fa;/^////j- vulgaris]. Larks, Thrushes, 

 Redwings \^Ticrdus /7/<3;<:/^j'], Goldcrests \_Regulus cristatics\ Wheatear \Saxicola 

 cena7ithe]. Snow Bunting \_Plect7'opJianes nivalis], and Ring Ouzel \Turdits 

 torqiiahLs] ; being chronological notes on the autumnal migration. 



Partridges \_Perdix cinerea] under domestication. Field, Nov. ist, p. 597. 

 At Easby Hall, Cleveland. Particulars given. 

 Rev. J. B. Nodder. 

 Arrival of Summer Birds. Field, May loth, p. 651. Derbyshire. 



Arrivals at Chesterfield: — Cuckoo \_Cuailus canorus], April 30th; Swift 

 \_Cypsehts apus], and Landrail [Crex pratensis\ May 5th. 



A. M. Norman. Northumberland, 

 Address to . . the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club . . May 27th, 1881. 

 Nat. Hist. Trans. Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle, viii. 68. (1884.) 



Notes on birds observed at the field meetings; at Corbridge-on-Tyne, 

 June 6th, 1880. 

 J. O. J. P. 



Arrival of Summer Birds. Field, May loth, p. 651. Cheshire. 



The Pied Flycatcher \_Mitscicapa atricapilla] arrived at Thornleigh, Chester, 

 May 5th. 

 J. E. Palmer. 



Lapwing \_VaneIhcs vuIgaTis] perching. Zool., February, p. 69. Yorkshire. 

 One perched on stone wall, near Appletreewick, Wharfedale, July 1875. 

 April 1885. 



