S6 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



Mr. Milne-Redhead of Bolton-by-Bowland, states that 

 this bird is very partial to currants, and comes into his 

 garden in autumn for the purpose of feeding on fruit. 



Variation in plumage is not often met with, the only 

 example being a pied specimen recorded by the late P. 

 Inchbald, who saw it at Fulwith, near Harrogate, in 1887. 



The vernacular names by which the Willow Warbler 

 is known are numerous ; and as this species, the Wood Wren, 

 and Chiff Chaff, are frequently confused by local folk, the 

 same names are in some districts applied to all three. Willow 

 Wren is used at Ackworth, Shefifield, and other parts of the 

 West Riding ; Yellow Wren at Scarcroft, Huddersfield, and 

 other West Riding districts ; Peggy and Peggy Whitethroat 

 are West Riding terms, though probably mistaken for the 

 Whitethroat ; Bank Wren is used in southern Holderness ; 

 Featherpoke in the North and West Ridings, and Ground 

 Featherpoke at Doncaster ; Grass Warbler, Grass Wren, and 

 Ground Wren in eastern Cleveland ; Mealymouth at Danby-in- 

 Cleveland and in Craven ; Miller's Thumb (in some places, as 

 at Sedbergh, where it is also used for Wood Wren and Chiff 

 Chaff) ; and Tom Tit's is applied to the nest in Cleveland, 

 Willow Sparrow is mentioned by Swainson as a West 

 Riding term. 



The late J. Cordeaux saw what at the time he supposed 

 to be an example of the Siberian Willow Warbler {Phylloscopus 

 horealis) at Flamborough on 21st November 1894 {Zool. 1894,. 

 p. 125 ; 1895, p. 58) ; though, in a later communication 

 (Nat. 1897, p. 201), he threw a doubt on this, and thought 

 it mav have been referable to some other leaf warbler. 



WOOD WARBLER. 



Phylloscopus sibilatrix {Bechstein). 

 Summer visitant ; local, but not uncommon in suitable localities.. 



The first mention of the Wood Wren as a Yorkshire bird 

 is contained in the " Ornithology " of Francis Willughby^ 

 as follows — 



