BIBLIOGRAPHY: BIRDS, 1885. 271 



Thomas Thompson. Northumberland, Durham. 



Birds nesting in September [Hedge Sparrow (Accentor modularis) near Ponte- 

 land ; Green Linnet {Ligurinus chloris) at Winlaton ; Quail (Coturnix com- 

 munis), nest of 13 eggs, near Ryton-on-Tyne, August 22nd, 1882]. Field* 

 October 31st, 1885, p. 499. 



Walter M. Tomlinson. Yorkshire. 

 Yellowhamtner [Eniberiza citrinelld\ sitting- in July [near Pontefract]. Field, 

 September 5th, 1885, p. 359. 



W. M. Tomlinson. Yorkshire. 

 Yellowhammer nesting in September [corrects error in previous note— 'July' 

 was printed for ' September ; ' Editor adds that this bird often rears second 

 brood in August]. Field, September 12th, 1885, p. 391. 



Julian G. Tuck. Yorkshire. 

 Lesser Black-backed Gull [Lams fuscus] breeding on the Yorkshire 'Coast. 

 [Quite satisfied from Carter's evidence that this species breeds on Yorkshire 

 coast.] Zool., October 1885, p. 388-9. 



P. Vervaet. Northumberland. 

 Bittern [Bolaicms stellaris] in Northumberland. [One shot by Sir John 

 Haggerston, Bart., on his Ellingham property, January 19th.] Field, January 

 24th, 1885, p. 1 10. 



Lord Walsingham. Yorkshire. 

 On some probable causes of a tendency to melanic variation in Lepidoptera of 

 high latitudes [refers incidentally (p. 137) to the change in the habits of York- 

 shire Grouse]. Trans. Yorksh. Nat. Union, part 8 [publ. 1885], sheet D 9, 

 P- 137. 



H. Snowden Ward. Yorkshire. 

 Hooded Crow [Corvus comix: seen near Scarborough, August 2nd]. Nat. 

 World, September 1885, p. 179. 



W. E. Ward. Yorkshire. 

 Migration of Wagtails [Motacilla, species not stated]. Nat. World, May 1885, 

 p. 99. 



W. E. Ward (Ilkley). Yorkshire. 

 Cuckoos \Cuculus canoms\ in Pairs. Cuckoo like a Hawk. Nat. World, 

 September 1885, p. 175. 



John Watson. Westmoreland, Cumberland. 



Eagles' Haunts in the North of England [Long and interesting summary of 

 information as to the Eagles and Eagle-haunts in the Lake District]. Field, 

 January 24th, 1885, p. no. 



Cumberland, Westmoreland, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, 

 John Watson. Lancashire, Durham, Northumberland. 



The Dotterel [Eudromias morinellus'] and its Migrations [a long and interesting 

 article, alluding to most of the counties of the North of England]. Field, 

 November 14th, 1885, p. 708. 

 Thos. Watson. Yorkshire. 

 Thirsk [Bird-notes; nesting of several species]. N. H. Journ., Tune 15th, 

 1885, p. 99. 



Wm. Watts (Rochdale). Lancashire. 

 Swallows [Hirundinidae, species not stated ; and their Parasites]. Nature, 

 July 9th, 1885, xxxii, 223. 

 F. Wells and A. Colli nson. Yorkshire. 

 Ackworth [notes concerning Sea-gulls, Wild Geese, and Ducks, Kingfisher 

 {Alcedo ispida), and Snipe {Gallinago ccelestis)\ N. H. Journ., February 15th, 

 1885, p. 15. 



Sept. 1886. 



