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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 1 884: BIRDS. 



H. T. Parke, 



LancasMre. 



Thrush [Turdus vmsicus] with three broods in succession. Field, May 

 24th, p. 702. 



Four young Thrushes left the nest April 13th, and five more hatched 

 May 3rd. There are now three eggs in the nest. 

 C. A. P[arker]. 



A Cumberland Marsh. Field, May 3rd, pp. 596-7. Cumberland. 



The article, which is a lengthy and interesting one, relates to the birds 

 noted at Drigg Common, Point, or Hawes, as it is variously called, and includes, 

 among others, notes on the Oyster Catcher \_Hce/na(op2is ostralegiis\ Heron 

 X^Ardea cinerea\ Greater Blackbacked Gull [Lartts mari7iiis\ Woodcock 

 \_Scolopax riistic2ila\. Lesser Tern \_Stema viiniita\ Sandwich Tern \^Sterna 

 cantiacd\. Ringed V\o\q.x {^ALgialitis hiaticuld\. Redshank [7c'/a7z//j- calidris\ 

 Shelldrakes \Tadorna vitlpanser\ Stockdove \Cohiniba certas\ Wigeon 

 \_Mareca pearelope\ Brent Goose [Bernicla brenid\. Wild Swan \_Cygnus 

 ? species], Qio\^&iXQrj&\_Clangula gla2icion\ Longtailed V)^xc}^\HareIda glacialis\ 

 Eider Duck \_Somate7'iainolHssinid\, Goosander {^Mergus nierganser\ Cormorant 

 \_Phalacrocorax carbo\ Manx Shearwater \^Piiffimis angloriim\ Forktailed 

 Petrel \_Procenaria leiicorrhoa\ Storm Petrel [F/vcellaria pelagicd\. 

 Meaning of the name 'Ravenglass.' Field, May loth, p. 650. 



Old MS. record quoted of a White Raven {Coi-vtis corax] in Cumberland. 

 J. W. Parsons. Northumberland. 

 The Ornithology of the Farne Islands. ' Records and Obs.' of the Rotherham 

 Nat. Soc, No. I (July 1884), pp. 15-16. 



In addition to a recapitulation of the species — which are divided into resi- 

 dent and non-resident — well known to frequent these islands, with notes on 

 the dates of their nesting ; a few birds which visit them on migration are also 

 mentioned, including the Hoopoe {Upiipa epops). 

 RooKE Pennington. 



Game Killed on Railways. Field, February 2nd, p. 165. Lancashire. 

 Both winged and ground game (particularly Hares, Rabbits, Pheasants 

 l^Phasiaiiiis colchiciis\ Partridges {^Perdix cinerea\ and Grouse [Lagopus 

 scoticiis]) are constantly being destroyed by passing trains on Chat Moss, 

 although the game must there be familiar with the danger. 

 T. PiCKiN. Lancashire. 

 Solitary Snipe \_Gallinago viajor~\ in Lancashire. Field, October 4th, p. 487. 

 One shot September 20th, between Warrington and Manchester. Weight 

 8 oz. Flushed out of standing beans. 

 T. N. P[ostlethwaite]. 'North of England.' 



Birds Breeding in Eabbit Holes. Field, May 24th, p. 702. 



In the North of England the writer has several times found Sheldrakes* 

 [ Tadorna cor7mta'] nests in Rabbit burrows that had apparently been recently 



Nightingales \_Daidias luscinid\ in York[shire], Science Gossip, July, p. 159. 

 Two near Harrogate in 1884. 



The Birds of Derby and Neighbourhood. Young Nat., Jan., v. 30-34. 



This instalment extends from Sylvia viodtdaris to the end, and includes no 



used. 



EJ. Newman Pullan. 



Yorkshire. 



G. W. PULLEN. 



Derbyshire. 



