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(Anthm trma!ix)^ Chaffinch (Fringilla cakbs), Yellow Hammer {Emberiza 

 ciVn'rae/te), Greater Eedpole {Frinc/Ula linota), Cuckoo (Cucnlus cmioriix), Lapwing 

 (Vnnellus crisiatus'), Creeper (Cerfhin fomiliaris), Young- Water Hens {GalHnuIa 

 e*/oro/)M.i), Pheasant's Nest (Phanmiim CoMiiaif). Copgrove Park: (Hmffinch's 

 Nest, with young, (Fringilla ccelebs), Wood Pigeon {Columba palmnlnis), Coot 

 {Fulica atra), nest of Dippers {Cinclus arjiiaticim). Staveley : House Martin 

 {Hirundo urbica). Corn Crake (Crex pratensin), Cole Tit (Pm-us ater), Partridge 

 (Perdix cinerea), Mallards (Anax bosclias). Boroughbridge : Sand Martin (Iltrimdo 

 riparia), Pied Wagtail (MotaciUa hdjubris). Collected the following fresh-water 

 shells at Stavelej' : Linncea perer/rd ; and in a ditch by the railway station at 

 Boroughbridge: Litmcea rj/abra, P/ii/.ta hypHonim, and I'kmorbis sjnrorbis ; land 

 sheWs, Helix nemoralis, H. horte!ms,'&c. (W. H. H.). 



May 26th. — Noted Grass Chat (Whinchat, Pratiucola i-ubetra), Greater Whitethroat 

 (Sylvia rufa), Cross Flats, Beeston, Leeds; Keed Warbler (.itToce/)/w(/!(» strepei-us). 

 Blue Cap (Parus coerulevs), Lesser Eedpole (Linota linaria), and two nests of 

 the Linnet (Linota cannabind), one with two eggs and one witli one egg, forsaken ; 

 observed men catching Lesser Eedpoles, Park Side, Dewsbury Eoad, Leeds; 

 noted large numbers of Tiger Moth Caterpillars (Arctia caja) Cross Flats, 

 Beeston, Leeds (W. H. H.). 



May 27th. — Dabchick's (Podiceps minor"), nest, one egg ; Sedge Warbler's [Acrocephalus 

 schoenobcsmis') nest, three eggs. 



May 28th. — Eeed Bunting's (Emberiza Kchceniclvs') nest, five eggs ; Wrens (Troglodytes 

 imrmdus) fledge (T. C.). 



May 28th. — Noted young Starlings IStwmis mdrjaris) almost ready to leave the nest, 



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

 May 28th. — Young Ouzels (Turdus torqiiatus), Pateley Moor (W.S.). 

 May 30th. — Slow Woi-m (Anguin fragilis'), encloseiX alive, taken at Pateley (W. S.); 



also pair of Slow Wonns, taken at Ginscliff (John Hall). Enclosed Bees (Bombux 



lajndarius) and Wagtail, taken at Pateley (W. S.). 



May 30th. — Found pupaj of Tiger Moth (Arctia caja) at Cross Flats, Beeston 



(W. H. H.). 

 May 30th. — Long-eared Bat (Plecotus atiritus') cawght while flying about during the 



day, at Pateley (Orlanda Atkinson). 

 May 30th, — Greenfinch's (Coccothraiistes chloris') nest, one egg; Wood Wren's 



(Phylloscopms sibilatrix) nest, four eggs. 



May 81st. — Whitethroat's (Sylvia rtifa) nest, five eggs; Young Sandpipers (Actitis 

 hypoleucos) seen; yoimg Water Hens (Gallimila chloropus) seen; Spotted Fly- 

 catcher (Muscicapa grisola) builds ; Skylark's (Alauda an^enxis) nest, three 

 eggs. 



June Ist. — Nightjar (Capnmulgus Europceus) an'ives, yoimg Snipe (GaUinago 

 media') seen flying, young Carrion Crows (Corvus comix) seen, young Eing 

 Ouzels (Turdus torquatus) seen, Masham (J. C). 



June 1st.— Cabbage Butterfly (Pieris brassicce), very abundant in Dewsbury Eoad ; 



noted Skylark's (Alanda arvensis) nest, with young birds in, at Dewsbury Eoad, 



Leeds (W. H. H.). 

 June 2nd. — Emperor Moth (Satm-nia carpini), Eed Admiral Butterfly (Vajiessa 



Atalanta), and Tiger Beetle (Cicindela campestris) taken, young Tit Larks 



(Anihus pratensis) noted, and young Skylai-ks (Alanda arvensis) on wing on 



Pateley Moor (W. S.). 

 June 3rd. — Large White Cabbage Butterfly (Pieris brassicai) and larvse of Northern 



Egger (Bombyx callimw) taken on Pateley Moor (W. S.). 



June 4th. — Young Blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) seen, young Garden Warblers 

 (Sylvia hortensis) seen. Brimstone Butterfly (Gotiejitery rhamni) and Orange Tip 

 (Euchloe cardamines). 



June 5th. — Young Peewits (Vanellus cristatus) fly, Whinchat's (Pratincola rubetra) 

 nest, five eggs; Swift's (Cypseliis ajtus) nest, one egg; Yellow Hammer's 

 (Emberiza citrinella^ nest, one egg. 



June 5th.— Several nests containing eggs of Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola), 

 Whitethroat (Sylvia rufa), Sedge Wai-bler (Acrocephalus schoenobcenus), and young 

 Wood Pigeons (Columba palumbus) noted near Pateley (W. S.), 



June 6th. — Young Magpies (Pica caiidata) noted at Brimham (W. S.). 



