;3«J0 Mr. H. Denny's Sketch of the Natural History 



Corvus Mouedula. Rather local. Kirkstall Abbey, Halifax. 

 Pica caudata. Common. 

 Gamlus glandarius. Common. 



ScANSORES. 



Picus viridis. Occasionally. Halifax, Killingbeck. 



major. Very rare. Halifax, Killingbeck, Selby, 4th March, 1839. 



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



1840. 

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

 rably frequent near Leeds. 

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



and Middleton. 

 Troglodytes europaus. Common. 

 I 'pupa 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 europtea. 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 europeeus. Occasionally. Killingbeck. Breeds on the 



moors near Halifax, Otley, and Craven^ 



Rasores. 



Columba Palumbus. 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. 



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



was found on Skircoat Moor near Halifax. 



Grallatores. 

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

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



