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April 2iHh. — Wood Wren {Fht/Uoscnp/t.t sibila'.ri.v) and Corncrake {Crex 2)rateni<is) 



arrived; nest of Ring Ouzel {Turdiis toi'qiiatu.i), with five eggs in, at Pateley 



Moor (W. S.). 

 April 30th.— Nest of Chafgnch (Fnngilla cmlebs). with four eggs; Grey Wagtail 



(Motacilla sidphurea),&ve eggs; Pied Wagtail (Motiicilhi lugubris), with four eggs, 



at Glasshouses; Swifts (Cy^Keltts ajms) arrived in Nidderdale (W. S.). 

 April 30th.^ Arrival of Swift {Cypsehis apus), and nest with one egg of Pied Wagtail 



(Motaiilla lugubris) noted, Masham (T. C.). 

 May 1st. — Nest of Chaffinch (Fringilla cakbs), one egg. 

 May 2nd. — Grasshopper Warbler (Acrocephalus menus) ai-rives ; Sand Martin 



{Ilirundo riparia) builds. 

 May 2nd. — Cuckoo (Cieciilnj< canorm) and Corncrake {Crex pratensU) heard, and 



Whitethroat (Syloia riijk) seen near Adel (P. Kobinson). 

 May 2nd. — Pied F\ycsitcher (^fuf(■k■(lpa atrirfqrilla) a.mvei (W. S.); Shells collected 



{Helix hortensis and Helix arbuntorum) ; Several nests of Chaffinch (Fringilla 



citlebu), and one of Greenfinch {Coccothmustes chlorin), noted at Bamsgill (W. S, 



and A. W. Phillips) ; nest of Wheatear {Saxicola cenanthe), with two eggs, Pateley 



Moor (W. S.). 

 May 3rd. — A large flock of Swallows (Hirundo ruttiai) on the trees and about the beck 



near Meanwood Church (W. H. H.). 

 May 3rd. — Pied Flycatcher {Miiscicapa airimpella) arrives; nest of Wood Pigeon 



{Columba pnlumbus), two eggs; nest of Partridge (Perdix cinerea), one egg; and 



nest of House Sparrow (/V/.s-.s-ec domestiaig), two eggs. 

 May 4th. — Spotted Flycatcher {Mnscicapa gnaola) and Garden Warbler (Sylvia horteimn) 



noted ; young Hedge Sparrows (Accentor ^nodularis) on wing in Nidderdale (W.S.). 

 May 5th.- — Found larva of Currant Moth (Abraxas grossulariata) at Driffield (L. B. E.). 

 May 5th. — Young Missel Thrushes (Turdus viscivm-iis) fledge. 

 May 6th. — Young Starlings (Sturmis vtdgarU) on Wing and Brimstone Moth (Rumia 



cratwgata) taken at Bewerley Gardens (W. S.). 

 May 6th. — Heard Corncrake (Crex prntensis), Park Side, Dewsbury Road (W. H. H.). 



May 8th. — Sedge Warbler (Acrocephahis schmnobmnns) noted, nest of Greenfinch 

 Coccothraustes ckloris) containing three eggs, young Robins (Eri/thacus rubeculn) 

 on wing, young Snipe (GalUnago medias) seen near Pateley (W. S.). 



May 9th.— Several nests of Skylarks (Alauda arvensis) with four eggs each, Pateley 

 Moor; also Titlark (Anthm prateitds) nest, with four eggs; Redstart (Ruticilla 

 phcenicurus) nest, with one egg ; and that of Great Tit (Panis major), with four 

 eggs, near Pateley (W. S.). 



May 9th. — Willow Wren (Phglloscnpus frorhihi:<)'b-aMs; Spotted ¥\ychtcher (Muscicajja 

 grisola) arrives; young Hedge Sparrows (Accentor modularini) seen. 



May 10th. — Heard Night Jar (Caprimulgn-f Eiiropwvs), also Corncrake (Crex prateTWu), 

 and notes Skylark's (Ahmda an-ensis) nest with three eggs, which were near 

 hatching; also a Thrush's (Tindm mnsiciis) nest, with four young ones almost 

 ready to leave the nest, Alwoodley, near Leeds {W. H. H.). 



May 11th. — Four Gulls seen; young Peewits (Vanelhis crlstatui) found; and Lesser 

 Redpole (Linota linaria) Ijuilds. 



May 11th. — Young Ring Ouzels (^Turdus torquatiis) noted near Pateley (W. S.). 



May 12th.— Nest of Jay (Garruluf! glaiidariii.s),T,rhh. three eggs. Summer Bridge; nest 

 of Wheatear (Saxicola aiiantlie), with four eggs ; young Grouse (Lagopu.i scotictix), 

 Pateley Moor; Night J;ir [Cdprimidgus Europcens) observed, Pateley (W. S.); 

 Whitethroat {Sylria rii/ii) and Pied Flycatcher (Mnmcajia atricapilla) seen Park 

 Side, Dewsbury Road,"Leeds (W. H. H.). 



May 13th. — Nest of Sand))ipcr (Actilis hi/pnleuco.i), four eggs; young Starlings 

 {Sturmis vulgaris) seen ; and nest of Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus), three eggs. 



May 14th.— Nest of Great Tit (Pariis major), &ye eggs; nest of Redstart (Ruticilla 

 pluenicurus), two eggs. 



May 14th.— Nest of Willow Wren (Phi/lloscoptt.'f trochilus), with one egg, and nest of 

 Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumhus), partly built ; Tree Creeper'n (Cerlhia 

 famiUaris) nest, vnih five eggs; young Pied Wagtails (Moiacilla lugubris) 

 "observed; also young Skylarks (Alanda arvensis) noted, and nest of Starling 

 (Sttirmts vulgaris), with seven eggs, near Pateley (W. S.). 



