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LOCAL SPECIMENS OF HARE BIRDS IN THE 

 MUSEUM AT NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. 



J. T. T. REED, 



Ryhof>e, 7tea7' Sitiiderlniid, co. DHThaiv, 



The collection of birds in the Museum of the Natural History Society 

 at Newcastle-on-Tyne is very rich in specimens which have been 

 obtained in various parts of the British Isles. It would be useless to 

 say anything in praise of the splendid collection which Mr. Hancock 

 formed and presented to the Society, as Mr. Hancock's fame as an 

 ornithologist and taxidermist is well known. The following are a 

 few of the specimens which have been obtained in those counties to 

 which the pages of the A^ahtralist are devoted. 



White-tailed Eagle. Haliaetus albicilla L. Only one local speci- 

 men in the Museum. It was captured near Morpeth in January' 

 1830. Presented by Mr. John Moore. Stuffed by Mr. Wingate. 

 This specimen was in the Old Museum, and is not one of the 

 Hancock Collection. 

 Osprey. Pandion haliaetus L. Three local specimens. 



Near Morpeth, 9th October, 1830. Female. 



Newburn, shot, May 1830. Mature Male. 



Heworth, shot, 1841. Female. 

 Honey Buzzard. Pernis apivorus T. Several specimens from 

 various parts of the northern counties. The following are a 

 few of the more interesting. 



Washed up at Whitburn, near Sunderland, 27th August, 1835. 

 Mature male. Dark Plumage. 



Beadnell, Northumberland, shot, i8th August, 1832. Mature 

 female. Pale variety. 



Blyth Sands, found by Mr. Hancock, 22nd September, 1841. 

 Dark variety. 



Newbiggin, near Hexham ; two young birds just left nest, 24th 

 August, 1 841. 



Near Catterick, Yorkshire, found dead. First plumage. 

 Rough-legged Buzzard. ArcMbuteo lagopus Gm. 



Bishop Auckland. A stoat was in stomach when shot. 

 Female. 



Obtained near Whitby, 3rd November, 1875. Female. 

 Alston, 6th November, 1839. The bones of this specimen 

 have been taken out, cleaned, and put back again. Male. 



March 1887. 



