390 Mr. H. Denny's Sketch of the Natural History 



Corvus Monedula. Rather local. Kirkstall Abbey, Halifax. 

 Pica caudata. Common. 

 Garrulus glandarius. Common. 



SCANSORES. 



Picus viridis. Occasionally. Halifax, Killingbeck. 



major. Very rare. Halifax, Killingbeck, Selby, 4thMarch, 1839. 



minor. Rare. Near Armley, 1837. Nest of five young, June, 



1840. 

 Yunx Torquilla. Occasionally. Halifax, Killingbeck : formerly tole- 

 rably frequent near Lqeds. 

 Certhia familiaris. Not uncommon. Harewood, Halifax, Leeds, 



and Middleton. 

 Troglodytes europceus. Common. 

 Upupa Epops. Very rare. One was shot by the Hon. Edwin 



Lascelles Oct. 8, 1830, at Eccup, a young specimen from a field 



of potatoes ; another occurred at Low Moor. 

 Sitta europcea. Rather rare. Halifax, near Scarcroft, Harewood 



Bridge. 

 Cuculus canorus. Common. 

 Coracias garrula. Very rare. A fine specimen shot in Fixby Park, 



1824. 

 Alcedo Ispida. Occasionally seen at Halifax, Armley, Killingbeck, 



Walton ; a nest of five young ones were brought me May 28th 



from Horsforth. 

 Hirundo rustica, urbica. Common. 

 — — riparia. More or less common. 

 Cypselus Apus. More or less common. 

 Caprimulgus europceus. Occasionally. Killingbeck. Breeds on the 



moors near Halifax, Otley, and Craven. 



Rasores. 



Columha Palumhus. Common, especially at Walton Park. 



Phasianus colchicus. Common. The ring-necked and mottled va- 

 riety. Not uncommon. 



Tetrao scoticus. Common on all the moors. 



Perdix cinerea. Common. 



, Coturnix. Rare. Scarcroft, Killingbeck, Churwell ; a nest 



was found on Skircoat Moor near Halifax. 



Grallatores. 

 Cursorius isahellinus. Very rare. A specimen was shot in April 

 1816, in a fallow field near Wetherby, by Mr. Rhodes of that 



