210 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



built against the stem of an Austrian pine, and at least four 

 feet from the ground {Nat. 1884, p. 58). 



The earliest date on which I have found the young is the 

 13th of May in the year 1899, at the Teesmouth. 



The Reed Bunting has quite a number of local names : 

 the terms Black-headed Bunting and Blackcap are in pretty 

 general use. At Ackworth, Sedbergh, and in the Nidd 

 basin Reed Sparrow, and, at Doncaster and Filey, Carr 

 Sparrow are in use. Seave-cap, used at Thirsk in 1854, 

 is intelligible when we note that Seave is a North Riding 

 synonym for Rush. Water Sparrow and Ring Sparrow 

 were in use at Linton-on-Ouse (J. Ranson, 1866) ; and Willow 

 Sparrow and Toad Snatcher presumably near Huddersfield 

 {Zool. 1848, p. 2290). Nettle Monger is a term given for 

 North Yorkshire, in 1791, by George Allan (Fox's " Synopsis," 

 p. 206). 



LAPLAND BUNTING 



Calcarius lapponicus (/>.). 



Accidental visitant from northern Europe, Asia, and America, 

 of rare occurrence. 



Although the Lapland Bunting is one of the most abundant 

 species in circumpolar Europe, Asia, and America during 

 the breeding season, and very frequently occurs at Heligoland 

 at the periods of the vernal and autumnal migrations, yet 

 the scarcity of Yorkshire records seems to point out the 

 probability of its being overlooked. The inconspicuous 

 plumage of the old birds in the autumn dress, and the still 

 duller hues of the young, render them very liable to be passed 

 by among the swarms of Snow Buntings and other small 

 immigrants which pour into our coast districts in October 

 and November. That we are not entirely out of the line 

 of this bird's migrations is proved by its occurrence in spring 

 at Flamborough. Probably, like many other immigrants 



