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Ruff. Machetes pugnax L. 



Prestwick Car, obtained in 1834. Female. 

 Green Sandpiper. Helodromas ochropus L. 



Jesmond, near Newcastle-on-Tyne ; found dead 19th August, 

 1865. First plumage. 



Ouseburn, obtained 25th July, 1836. Female, in first 

 plumage. 



Richmond, Yorks., 10th August, 1840. First plumage. 

 Greenshank. Totanns eanescens Gm. 



Prestwick Car, i8th August, 1831. First plumage. 

 Whitby Sands, 1843. First plumage. 

 Crane. Grus communis Bechst. Specimen from the Old Museum. 

 Dyke House Farm, near Hartlepool ; shot in May, 1865, by 

 Mr. J. Smith. Presented by Mr. J. E. Robson, of Hartlepool. 

 Little Bittern. Ardetta minuta L. 



Blaydon, shot, 12th May, 181 2. ]\Iaturc male. Presented 

 by Sir M.W.Ridley. This specimen is the one from which 

 Bewick made his cut. 



River Petterel, Carlisle ; specimen, in first plumage, caught 

 by a dog, 1850. 

 Bittern. Botaurus stellaris L. 



Gosforth Lake, loth November, 1863. 

 Bedlington, 1833. 

 Spoonbill. Platalea leucorodia L. Only one local specimen. 



Holy Isle, Northumberland; shot, May, 1857. 

 Leach's Petrel. Procellaria leucorrhoa Vieill. 



Newcastle-on-Tyne ; specimen captured 300 yards above the 

 bridge, 1830. 

 Black Tern. Hydrochelidon nig-ra L. 



Stockton, 1837. Young in first plumage. 

 Northumberland coast, captured, 1830. Mature bird. 

 White-winged Black Tern. Hydrochelidon leucoptera Schinz. 



Clarence, mouth of the Tees ; shot on marsh. Mature bird. 

 Purchased at I\'Ir. Oxley's sale at Redcar, 187 1. 

 Bewick's Swan. Cygnus bewicki Yarr. 



Prestwick Car. It was shot out of a flock of forty in January 

 1829. The first specimen noticed in England by Mr. Hancock. 

 Male. 



Haydon Bridge, shot, 7th September, 1829. Female. Named 

 Bewick's Swan from this specimen. 

 White-fronted Goose. Anser alhifrons Scop. 

 Prestwick Car, shot. Mature female. 



March 1887, 



