262 bibliography: birds, 1885. 



H, Barber. ? Lincolnshire, 



Early nesting of the Long-eared Owl [Asia otits. Nesting early in February. 

 Locality not stated, presumably in Lincolnshire]. Zool., March 1885, p. 112. 



J. C. Bates. Derhyshire. 

 Longevity of a Bean Goose [A?iser segeium; two 'winged' about 26 years 

 ago, were kept alive in the Buxton Gardens. One died 16 years, and 

 the other, a female, 26 years after]. Field, September 19th, 1885, P- 4 2 3- 



W. Becher. ? Notts. 



Curious death of Partridge [Perdix cinerea. Young bird with bill sealed with 

 thick clay. Locality uncertain]. Zool., September 1885, p. 347. 



W. Becher. Notts. 

 Food of the Hobby [Falco subbuteo. Stomach of one shot at Caunton in 

 .September last contained principally coleopterous insects and the bodies of 

 5 or 6 large moths {Triphccna pronubd)\. Zool., November 1885, p. 434. 



Frank Besant. Lincolnshire. 

 Swallows [Hirundo rustica] nesting in a tree [about 20 feet from ground on a 

 small branch of a tree in Sibsey Vicarage garden, near Boston]. Field, Sep- 

 tember 5th, 1885, p. 359. 



H. M. Birkdale. Yorkshire. 

 Unrecognised Birds [seen on a Yorkshire moor, August 4th, 1884; the game- 

 keeper called it a 'Stone-snatch': inquiry what it was]. Sci. Goss., March 

 1885, P. 69. 



George Bolam. 'Northumberland, 



Ornithological Notes [Squacco Heron {Aidea comata Pall.) shot at Ho wick, 

 May 28th, 1884; numerous records of Land-rails (Crex pratensis Bechst.)]. 

 Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, vol. x, pt. ii (1885), pp. 589-590. 



George Bolam. Northumberland. 

 [Tabulated] Notes of Arrivals and Departures of Birds [near Berwick-on- 

 Tweed ; 20 in 1882; 33 in 1883; and 26 in 1884; details given]. Proc. 

 Berw. Nat. Club, vol. x, pt. ii (1885), pp. 581-589. 



G. C. Bompas. Yorkshire. 

 'Life of Frank Buckland,' London 1885 [p. 353. Royston Crows {Corvus 

 comix), Blackbirds {Turdus meruld), Thrushes (T. musicus), Crested Wrens 

 {Regtilus cristatus), Woodcocks {Scolopax rusticola), and Owls {Strix flammed!) 

 at Flamborough Head, and concerning their migration]. 



J. Bowman. Northumberland, 

 The Water Ouzel [Cinclus aquaticus] in Northumberland. Sci. Goss., June 

 1885, p. 142. 



L. B[rigg]. Yorkshire, 

 Temerity in Birds [September 26th, a Sparrowhawk (Accipiier nisus) perched 

 on gun-barrels]. Field, October 10th, 1885, p. 533. 



Mary Briggs. Westmoreland, 

 A White Swallow [(Hirundo rtistica) near Heversham, Westmoreland, Sep- 

 tember 4th, 1885]. Nature, September 24th, 1885, xxxii, 500. 



W. Fitzherbert Brockholes. Lancashire, 

 Common . . . Buzzards [Buteo vulgaris] in Lancashire ... [Bleasdale 

 in North Lancashire]. Zool., June 1885, p. 230. 

 W. Fitzherbert Brockholes. Lancashire. 

 Hairy Variety of the Moorhen \_Gall inula chloropus : at Claughton, Lancashire, 

 October 13th, 1884]. Zool., January 1885, p. 31. 

 Geo. H. Brocklehurst. Yorkshire. 

 Late Foliage and Nesting. Sci. Goss., July 1885, p. 166. 



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