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than the bird of our gardens, and Mr. E. P. Butterfield 

 informs me that he has on one or two occasions observed this 

 large form in autumn, on the moors near Bingly. 



Its local names are somewhat numerous : Jenny Wren, 

 Tom Tit, and Kitty are general ; Jenner Hen is given as 

 general by Johnson {Zool. 1848) ; the name is pronounced 

 Jenny Wa-ren about Doncaster (Hawley, op. cit. 1849) ; Jinties 

 is used at Barnsley ; Tommy Tit and Tricker at Thirsk ; 

 Tommy in the Nidd Valley ; Peggy about Huddersfield ; 

 Stump-tail about Staithes and Loftus-in-Cleveland ; Chitty at 

 Sedbergh ; and Runt at Skelmanthorpe, near Huddersfield. 



CREEPER. 

 Certhia familiaris (/^). 



Resident ; generally distributed in woodland localities, parks, and 

 orchards, but nowhere very numerous. 



The first published mention of this bird in Yorkshire 

 is contained in Graves's " Cleveland " (1808), where it is 

 enumerated amongst the residents. 



Thomas Allis, 1844, wrote : — 



Certhia familiaris. — The Common Creeper — Met with in most parts 

 of the county, though not very numerous anywhere. R. Leyland 

 remarks that the old walls so frequent in the neighbourhood of Halifax 

 as fences form, in the absence of hollow trees, convenient building places 

 for this species. 



The above account of the Creeper as given by Allis in 

 1844 holds good at the present time, and from every part 

 of the county it is reported as being found in the wooded 

 portions, but nowhere abundantly. Being a bird of the 

 woodlands it is, of course, uncommon in the higher moorland 

 districts, although it breeds in all the upper dales where 

 suitable woods exist. After the nesting season, and during 

 the winter months, it is more in evidence, as it commonly 

 associates with the roaming bands of Titmice and Goldcrests 

 in their search for food through hedgerow and wood, when 

 its mouse-like appearance as it runs up the trees may be 



