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constructed of long, green moss, intermixed with the catkins of the hazel, 

 and fibres ; the interior lined with thin straws and wool. Eggs thickly 

 spotted with reddish brown. — Edwin Lees. Worcester^ June 20. 1828. 



Rare Birds observed in the Neighbourhood of Halifax, in Yorkshire. — Sir, 

 if you consider the following catalogue worth inserting in your work, it is 

 much at your service. The authors quoted are the following : — Bewick's 

 British Birds, 2 vols. 8vo ; Newcastle, 1 805 : Supplement to do., 8vo ; New- 

 castle, 1821. Atkinson's Compendium of British Ornithology ; Leeds, 1820. 

 Fleming's British animals; Edinburgh, 1828. 



Falco ^aliae^tus, Osprey. Bew. 1. p. 13.; Bulbusardus, Flem. p. 51. Two 

 specimens only, of this bird, have fallen under my observation ; one, found 

 in a wood near Luddenden, in a state of exhaustion, and the other shot near 

 Hebden Bridge. — F. aeruginosus. Moor Buzzard. Bew. 1. p. 20. ; Atk. 9. ; 

 ^uteo aeruginosus, Flem. 55. — F. cyaneus^ Hen Harrier. Bew. 1. 54. and 

 56.; Aik.13.; Circus cyaneus, Flem. 50. Rare. — F. Subbuteo, Hobby. 

 Bew. 1. 41. ; Atk. 16. ; Flem. 49. 



^^trix brachyotos. Short-horn Owl. Bew. 1. 50.; ^^^.20.; O'tis brachy- 

 otos, Flem. 56. Arrives early in September. — iS*. joasserina. Little Owl. 

 Bew. sup. to vol. 1. 8.; Atk. 23. ; Flem. 58. I have reason to believe that 

 this species has been met with here ; it has not, however, fellen under my 

 own observation. 



ianius excubitor, Cinereous Shrike. Bew. 1. 60. ; Atk, 25. ; Flem. 62. ; 

 Very rare. 



Coracias garrula, Roller. Bew. 1.89.; Atk. 54.; Flem. 88. A fine 

 specimen of this bird was shot in Tixby Park, near Huddersfield, in the 

 winter of 1824, and is now, I believe, in the museum of a gentleman atLit- 

 tleborough. i 



yunx Torquilla, Wryneck. Bew. 1. 115. j Atk. 37. ; Flem. 92. 



Picus major. Greater Spotted Woodpecker. Bew. 1.122.; Atk. 40.; 

 ■Flem. 91. Rare. — P. minor. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Bew. 1. 

 127.; Atk. 40.; Flem. 92. Very rare. — P. villosus. Hairy Woodpecker. 

 Atk. 41.; Flem. 92. A pair of these birds, said to have been shot near 

 Halifax, were sent to the late Dutchess of Portland, by Thomas Bolton, and 

 is, I believe, the only instance on record of their having been observed in 

 England. 



Jlcedo Tspida, Kingfisher. Bew. 2. 19. ; Atk. 42.; Flem. 90. 



Sitta europaeX Nuthatch. Bew. 1. 125.; Atk. 43.; Flem. 81. Very rare. 



f/'pupa jETpops, Hoopoe. Bew.l. 127.; ^/^. 45. ; Flem. 89. Shot at 

 Low Moor, near Bradford, and now in the possession of a person there. 



Certhia familiaris. Creeper. Bew. 1. 129. ; Atk. 46. ; Flem. 88. 



Turdus torquatus. Ring Ouzel. Bew. 1. 96. ; Atk. 51. ; Flem. 65. Breeds 

 on Blackstone-edge, and other uncultivated and solitary places, and in their 

 autumnal migrations to the south, they sometimes remain a few days in the 

 more immediate neighbourhood of the town. 



Cinclus europae'us. Water Ouzel. Bew. 2. 16.; Atk. 53.; Flem. 66, 

 Not uncommon. 



^'mpelis garrulus. Chatterer. Bew. 1.87.; Atk. 55. ; Bombycilla gar- 

 rula, Flem. 64. An occasional, but very rare, visitant. 



Loxia curvirostra. Crossbill. Bew. 1. p. 134.; Atk. 56.; Flem. 75. 

 This, and the last species, I have observed not more than once or twice in 

 twenty years. — L. Coccothraustes, Hawfinch. Beiv. 1. 137. ; Atk. 57. ; Coc- 

 cothraustes vulgaris, Flem. 82. Very rare. 



Emberiza nivalis. Snow Bunting. Bew. 1. 152.; Atk. 59.; Flem. 78. In 

 severe winters this species sometimes occurs in large flocks. — E. jScheeni- 

 culus, Reed Bunting. Bew. 1. 149.; Atk. 64.; Flem. 78. Breeds on the 

 banks of the river Calder, but is not very common, 



Pringilla montana. Tree Sparrow. Bew.l. 162.; Atk. 66.; Pyrgeta 

 montana, Flem. 83. Rather rare, — F. Montifringllla, Mountain Finch. 



