66 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



as Bempton and Flamborough, as also in the woods and in the 

 low country. 



As a migrant at the light-stations it figures in the Reports 

 on several occasions, and appears in the list of birds killed by 

 flying against the Flamborough lighthouse, at which place 

 it is recorded as of annual occurrence ; there was a " rush " 

 on 28th April 1893, and on igth April 1894 it was plentiful 

 at both Flamborough and Spurn, as again in the same month 

 in 1897. 



The pink variety of egg is occasionally found in Yorkshire ; 

 my collection contains one of a clutch of seven taken in June 

 1894 by Mr. C. Milburn, and a clutch of a similar character 

 is in the possession of Mr. W. Gyngell of Scarborough, found 

 by him near that place. 



In 1877 a brood was reared near Masham in the nest of 

 a Sedge Warbler, after the latter bird had brought off its 

 young. 



Its vernacular names are varied and numerous ; Greater 

 Prettychaps and White-throated Fauvet are fancy book 

 names used in Neville Wood's Naturalist, 1837 > Winnel 

 or Windle Straw, Peggy, Peggy Whitethroat, and Nettle 

 Creeper are in general use ; Small-Straw at Huddersfield 

 and in the West Riding, and Straw-Small at Wilsden and 

 in the West Riding are terms applied to the nest ; Muggie 

 or Meggie, and Nettle Monger are used in the North Riding ; 

 Big Peggy and Big Peggy Whitethroat in Nidderdale ; Peggy 

 Chatter in the East Riding ; and Nettle Wren in East Cleve- 

 land ; while Mock Nightingale is a name formerly used at 

 Redcar. 



