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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 1 884: BIRDS. 



R. TuRNBULL. Northumberland, 

 Eider Duck \Somateria mollisii!id\. Sci. Goss., June, p. 142. 



One at the Fames dropped an egg into the nest of a Lesser Black-backed 

 Gull (Z. fusctis), and then took possession of and sat on the latter's nest and 

 three eggs. 



Various Writers. Mann, Cmbd., Westm., Nthmbd., Dhm., Yks., Lanes., 



Chesh,, Notts., Lines. 



The Naturalist (current volume, numbers for Aug. -Dec. ) contains numerous 

 records which it will be unnecessary to cite here in detail. 



Charles de Vit. 



Great Ay ton. Nat. Hist. Journ., June 15th, p. 97. Yorkshire. 



Linnet's cannabma] nest with three white eggs. 



Frederick T. Walker. 



Biratwith, Harrogate. Nat. Hist. Journ., March 15th, viii. 39. 



Robin's {^Erithaciis rubeciila\ nest and four eggs on the 29th January. 

 H. Snowdon Ward. 



Extinction of Species. Nat. World, June, i. 83-84. Yorkshire. 

 Passing note that in a secluded Yorkshire valley is a heronry where the 

 keeper is in constant dread of the ' naturalists.' 



Swallows YHiriindo rustica] in Church. Sci. Goss., August, p. 191. 

 At Rylstone Church, Wharfedale, on the 6th July. 

 E. W. West and ' Ibis.' Yorkshire. 

 Tufted Duck {Ftilio^iia cristata] Breeding in South Yorkshire. Field, 

 August 2nd, p. 153 ; August 9th, p. 219 ; and August 1 6th, p. 246. 



On p. 153 E. W. West writes that three pairs hatched young on a secluded 

 island in one of the lakes in Wentworth Park, about a fortnight ago. Full 

 particulars given. 'Ibis' writes at p. 219 to say that the Ducks breeding at 

 Wentworth are introduced and preserved by Earl Fitzwilliam. E. W. West 

 writes at p. 246 that he is glad his note had elicited the fact of introduction. 

 The keepers could not tell him. 



Derbyshire, Yorkshire. 



Nesting of the Hawfinch \CoccotJiraustes viilgaris\ in North Yorkshire. Field, 

 August 30th, p. 300. 



One or more pairs breed every year at Stoke Hall, near Chatsworth. Three 

 instances of nesting near Rotherham, one of them in 1883. Large flocks in 

 South Yorkshire every winter. 



J. Whitaker. 



Scaup Duck \Ficligiila marild\ in Notts. ZooL, February, p. 70. Notts» 



One shot on Mansfield Reservoir, December ist, 1883. 

 Common Buzzard {Biiteo vulgaris] in Nottinghamshire. ZooL, Feb., p. 73. 



One caught alive at Fountain Dale ; date not given. 

 Birds hovering over Dead Companions. Zool., April, p. 149. 



The writer enumerates several birds he has known to do it, instancing 

 particularly the Green Plover [ Vanelhis vulgaris]. 



Arrival of Summer Birds. Field, May 3rd, p. 597 ; and May loth, p. 651 ; 

 Land and Water, May 3rd, p. 415. 



Dates of arrival at Mansfield, Notts., are given thus : — Chiffchaff [/'/^^//t'j-- 

 copus riifus] and Wheatear {Saxicola cenanthe\ April 2nd ; Sand Martin, 

 {^Cotile riparia\ April 1 2th; Willow Wren yPhylloscopus irochil^s\ April 14th; 

 Swallow \Hiriindo rustica], April 15th; Blackcap \Sylvia atricapilla] April 

 i6th; Redstart YRtiticilla phmiicurtis], April 17th; Cuckoo [Cticzdus canorus], 

 April 20th ; Tree Pipit {Anthtis trivialis], April 22nd; Whinchat \_P7-atincola 

 rubetra], April 26th; Common Sandpiper \_Tringdides hypoleitcos] and Corn- 



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