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May 14tb.— Wood Wren (Phylloscopw sibUatrix) seen, Middleton Wood (W. H. H.), 

 and nest of Greenfinch {Coccothraugtes Moris), with three eggs, Park Side, 

 Dewsbury Eoad, Leeds (W. H. H.). 



May 15th.— Young Tree Creepers (CerthiafamiliarU) seen ; Blackcap (Sylvia alricapilla 

 and Garden Warbler {Sylvia hortensis) build; young Water Ouzels (Cincliis 

 aqu((tu:u<) iledge; and Pied Flycatcher (Muscicapa airi^'apilla) in full song. 



May 16tb.— Young Wrens (Troglodytes parvulus) found. 



May 16th.— Nest of Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbiis), containg two ecrgs Harewell 

 Woods (W. Storey); Nest of Pied Flycatcher (^fliscicaJ>a atricapi/h^, containing 

 eggs, in an old tree, at Glasshouses (David Storey); (these birds are more 

 numerous this year than on any previous year I ever remember, W. S.). 



May 16th.— A numberof Black-headed Buntings (Emberiza melanocephnla) and Lapwing 

 (Vanelhts cristatws) on the Moor, Adel (W. H. H.); also observed a Magpie (Pica 

 caudata) being mobbed by Blackbii-ds, in Meanwood Wood (W. H. H.). 



May ITth^Noted Tree Pipit (Anthtts tricialis). Park Side, Dewsbury Head, Leeds 

 ( W. H. H. ). 



May 17th. — Nest of Lesser Kedpole (Linnta linaria), thi-ee eggs. 



May 18th,— Noted nest of the Kestrel (Falco tinnitnculw), near Leeds (W. H. H.). 



May 18th.— Found larva of Tiger Moth (Arctia caja) (L. B. E.); young Wheatears 

 (Sdjcii-ola anaiUhe) noted; nest of Lesser Kedpole (Linota liitaria) with four eggs 

 and that of Marsh Tit (Pwus paiu-itris) with five eggs ; Grasshopper Warbler 

 heard (Acrocephahis nceviiis) ; (this bird is rather rare in this district, W. S.). 



May 19th.— Nest of Chiffchaff (Pliylloscopus coUybita) containing five eggs, nest of 

 Sandpiper (Actitis /u/poleucos) with four eggs, nest of Blue Tit {Prirti.< corruleiis) 

 with eiglit eggs and nest of Tree Sparrow (Passer mo/itanus) with one egg near 

 Pateley (W. S.). ^' 



May I'.ttk.— Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia ciuTuca) builds. 



May 20th.— Sedge Warbler (Acrocephahis sclmnobmnvs) builds; nest of Blackcap (Sylvia 



afrwapdla), two eggs : and nest of Garden Warbler (Sylvia hortemis), five eggs. 

 May 20th.— Two nests of Common Wasp (TeayM vulgaris), in Nidderdale (W. S.). 

 May 20th.— Nest of Swallow (///ru/irfo rtisiica) with two eggs ; Natterer's Bat ( Vesper- 



tdio Xattereri) secured near Pateley ^W. S.). 



May 21st —Several Whiskered Bats (Veipertilio mystacinw) caught at Glasshouses 

 (J. W. S.). 



May 21st.— Hedge Sparrows (Accentor modularit) fledge ; young Chaffinches (FringiUa 



wlebs) seen; nest of Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia cuiftKa), &\e eess; and nest of 



Willow Wren (P/iylloscopus trockilus), five eggs. 

 May 21st.— Young Redstarts (RuticiUa pheenicurus) ; noted young Chaffinches 



(tnngdla ccekbs), on wing near Pateley (W. S.). 

 May 22ud.— Nest of Yellow Bunting (Ejnbema citrinelld), with four eggs; also 



Common Bunting (Emberiza miliaria), three eggs, Pateley (W. S.). 

 May 22nd.— Young Jackdaws (Corvus monedula) seen. 

 May 22ud.— Nest of Kestrel Hawk (Falco tinnunculus) containint; three eggs, Brimham 



Rocks; nest of Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis) with two eggs (U . S.). 

 May 23rd.— Emperor Moth (Saturnia carpini) caught at Bewerley Hall (W. Winsdale) • 



Corncrake (Crej; jiratemi-i) heard at Driflield (L. B. R.). ' 



May 23rd.— Nest of Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicajm grimla), partly built, Pateley 



May 23rd.— Young Rooks (Corvus frugilegus), Middleton Wood, Dewsbury Road 

 Leeds (W. H. H.). j i 



May 24tli.— Tree Pipit's (Anthus trivialis) nest of four eggs, Grey Wagtails (^fotacilla 

 suljdiurea) fledge. Greenfinch (CoccofhrauMes chlori'^) builds. Sand Martin's (Hirundc 

 riparia) nest, five eggs ; Brimstone Moth (Rumia cratwgata) seen. 



May 25th.— Moths, including the Brimstone Moth (Pumia cralcegatn), and Bees 

 including Bombus m(wc'or«?n, taken in Harewell Woods (W. S.); Partridge nest 

 with four eggs, ClausiUa rugosa. Pupa wnbilicata, Ilelic rotundata, H. nemoralis, 

 n. Arbusforum, H. rirgata, H. ericefonim, 77. sericea, Zonites jiitidulus, Z cellariw 

 found on Speeton Cliff (Geo. T. and L. B. R,). 



May 25th.— Birds noted at Loftliouse Hill, Eiggmoor, and Copgrove Park : Magpie 

 {Pica caudata^, Blackbird {Turdus merula). Thrush {Turdus musiais). Tree Pipit 



