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J. T. T. REED : RARE BIRDS. 



Black Kite. Milvus migrans Bodd. 



Alnwick Park, caught in trap, May 1867. This is the first 

 British specimen on record. Mature male. 

 Montagu's Harrier. Circus cineraceus Mont. 



Morpeth Common, shot, July 1829. A very fine specimen. 

 Wolsingham Park, Durham, 1835. Two young birds. 

 Northumberland. A dark variety shot in 1835. Mature male. 

 Peregrine. Falco peregrinus Tunst. 



Hartley Bates, Northumberland, 2nd September, 1852. Female 

 in first plumage. 



Hepple-Coquet. Shot by Captain Noble, November 1883. 

 Female. 



Red-footed Falcon. Tinnunculus vespertinus L. 



Near South Shields, shot, October 1836. Mature Male. 

 Goshawk. Astur palumbarius L. 



Near Keilder, Northumberland, killed, October 1849. Male, 

 in nest plumage, much worn. 

 Great Spotted Cuckoo. Coccystes glandarius L. 



Near Bellingham, shot, 5th August, 1870. The only specimen 

 captured in England. 

 White-winged Crossbill. Loxia leucoptera Gm. 



Brampton, Cumberland, obtained November 1845. 

 Red-necked Nightjar. Caprimulgus ruficoUis Temm. 



Killingworth, Northumberland, shot, 5th October, 1856. 

 Purchased of game dealer the day after it was shot. 

 Yellow-browed Warbler. Phylloscopus superciliosus Gm. 



Northumberland coast, opposite Bates' Island, shot by Mr. 

 Hancock. This is the first British specimen. 

 Pallas' s Sand-Grouse. Syrrhaptes paradoxus Pall. 



Clarence, Teesmouth, shot, 1863. Two specimens. Pur- 

 chased at Mr. Oxley's sale at Redcar. 

 Great Bustard. Otis tarda L. 



Cumberland, 8th March, 1854. Female. Purchased in 1874 

 at Col. Coulson's sale, at Blenkinsop, by Mr. Pattinson, and 

 presented to Mr. Hancock, 5th December, 1875. 

 Baillon's Crake. Porzana bailloni Vieill. 



On the Derwent near Swalweli ; shot, 12th July, 1874. 

 Obtained from Mr. Scott, of Blaydon. 

 Pigmy Curlew. Tringa subarquata Guld. 



Town Moor, Newcastle-on-Tyne, shot, 7th September, 1836. 

 First plumage. 



Blyth, shot in September, 1843. First plumage. 



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