BIBLIOGRAPHY: BIRDS, 1885. 



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R. Lofthouse. Durham, Yorkshire. 



Notes from the Tees [referring to the autumnal migration of birds]. Field, 

 October 31st, 1885, p. 640. 

 J. L[ovellJ. Yorkshire. 

 Starlings [Sturnus vulgaris ; quitting an old roosting-place at Driffield]. Nat. 

 Hist. Journ., May 15th, 1885, p. 78. 

 H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 

 The Long-tailed Duck \Harelda glacialis ; at Monkhill Lough, January to 

 March 1884]. Trans. Cumb. and Westm. Assoc., 1883-84, pp. 211-12. 



H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 

 Wild Fowl near Carlisle [The notes refer to numerous species noted in autumn 

 1883 and spring 1884]. Trans. Cumb. and Westm. Assoc., 1883-84, ix, 211. 

 H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 



Shrikes [Red-backed Shrike {Lanius colhirio), Woodchat Shrike {Lanius 

 pomarinus), Great Grey Shrike {Lanius excubitor), Pallas's Grey Shrike 

 {Lanius major). Notes on these species as Cumberland birds ; also general 

 notes on their habits in the field, and on some species in confinement]. Trans. 

 Cumb. and Westm. Assoc., 1884-85, pp. 97-107, with plate of Pallas's Shrike. 



H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 

 Green Sandpiper [Hclodromas oc/iropus] in Cumberland in Winter [One shot 

 near Carlisle, January 3rd]. Field, January 10th, 1885, p. 61. 

 H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 

 Occurrence of the Puffin [Fratercnla arctica] in Winter [They are obtained all 

 the winter through on the Cumberland coast]. Field, January 17th, 1885, 

 p. 65. 



H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 

 Woodpeckers and Nuthatch in Cumberland [Enquiry whether the Nuthatch 

 {Sitta europcea) has occurred in Cumberland during the present century ; and 

 whether it or the Green {Gecinus viridis) or Greater Spotted Woodpecker 

 {Pints major) have nested during a similar period]. Field, January 17th, 

 1885, p. 65. 



H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 

 Scarcity of Greenfinches [Ligurimcs c/iloris] in Cumberland. Zool., May 1885, 

 ii, 188. 



H. A. Macpherson. Westmoreland. 

 The Hawfinch [Coccol/irausles vulgaris} in Westmoreland [The Ibis list states 

 that this has occurred in winter in every county but Westmoreland. One 

 was, however, shot at Kirkby Lonsdale by I. Hindson, as long ago as- 

 December 1841. A winter visitant, though irregular, to Cumberland]. Field, 

 May 2nd, 1885, p. 581. 

 H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 

 Occurrence of Buifon's Skua \_Stercorarms parasiticus] in June [near Carlisle]. 

 Zool., July 1885, P- 2 59- 

 H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 

 Black-chinned Bramblings [Fringilla montifringilla ; 'not melanism,' but due 

 to an extension of the black face over the surface of the throat]. Zool., 

 October 1885, p. 389. 

 L. D. Marsden. Lincolnshire. 

 Late Nesting of Quail [(Cotumix communis) ; nest with 10 eggs found August 

 20th in a field of tares at Girsby, Lincolnshire]. Field, September 19th, 1885, 

 p. 423. 



L. D. Marsden. Lincolnshire. 

 Pied Woodcock [Scolopax rnsticiila\ in Lincolnshire [One shot in Maltby Wood, 



Louth, November 20th, had the flight feathers pure white]. Field, December 



5th, 1885, p. 785. 

 Sept. 1886. 



