124 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



and in the Aire Valley on the 9th of the same month in 1905. 

 One was caught near Leeds about 1880, and it is recorded 

 from Gisburn on i8th April 1881 (Vertebrate Fauna of 

 Yorkshire, p. 25). In more recent years it has been met 

 with near Pontefract on 3rd June 1893 ; it is also reported 

 to be a summer visitor in the Wakefield district. Near 

 Huddersfield it has been noticed occasionally near the Kilner 

 Bank ; at Harrogate in the spring of 1900 ; and several were 

 observed in the Sedbergh neighbourhood. Mr. Wm. Morris 

 informs me that a pair bred in a quarry in Maj^, while the 

 late James Carter noted it at Masham. 



The neighbourhood of the coast is more favoured by the 

 White Wagtail's appearance, and it is reported as a rare 

 summer visitor (non-breeding) to the Humber and coast. At 

 the Teesmouth it appears every spring, usually in April 

 and May, the black cap contrasting strongly with the pearl 

 grey back, and giving it a more delicate appearance than the 

 Pied Wagtail, with which it is certainly attracted here on 

 migration ; the call note also seems different from our English 

 bird, being softer in tone. 



In 1899 a male was seen on April the 27th, near a slag 

 heap by the Tees side, and a week later it was joined by a 

 female. The pair were kept under observation up to the 

 end of June, when they were accompanied by five young not 

 long out of the nest. The slag heaps of Cleveland are strong- 

 holds of the Pied species, and there seems no reason why some 

 of the White Wagtails which are noticed every year on 

 migration should not remain to breed. 



1 The date of its arrival at Teesmouth in 1900 was May the 

 6th ; in 1901 April the 9th ; and on the 3rd of that month 

 in 1902, another bird was seen at Ingleby Greenhow in 

 Cleveland on the 20th of April ; and in 1903 one was noted 

 on the 7th of May on the reclaimed land at Tod Point. 

 Singular to relate, this bird has so far entirely escaped observa- 

 tion during the autumn southward movement.* 



* Those interested in migration would do well to peruse Mr. W. 

 Eagle Clarke's very concise account of this bird's movements, contained 

 in the Report of the British Association Bradford meeting, 1900. 



