n8 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



several pints of very choice nuts." (Phil. Trans. Vol. xxviii., 

 1713, p. 167.) 



The only names other than its ordinary appellation are 

 Wood Cracker, at Doncaster, and Nut Jobber at North 

 Bierley (1678). 



WREN. 

 Troglodytes parvulus (Koch). 



Resident ; common ; generally distributed. Spring and autumn 

 migrant. 



The earliest published reference to this bird is in a letter 

 from Dr. Richardson, about the year 1713, entitled " Several 

 Observations in Natural History, made at North Bierley in 

 Yorkshire," which contains an allusion to the Common Wren, 

 (" Phil. Trans." Vol. xxviii., p. 167.) 



Thomas Allis, in 1844, reported as follows : 



Troglodytes vulgaris. The Wren Common in most districts, 

 though near Huddersfield Wm. Eddison states that it is not so frequent 

 as in lower and warmer districts. 



This familiar and favourite little bird is found more or 

 less commonly in every locality where its simple requirements 

 are met with, from the dwellings of civilized beings to the 

 opposite extreme, in the high moorland districts, where it 

 has been known to nest to an elevation of noo feet, and 

 its loud notes may even be heard right out on the bleak moors. 



Although for the most part resident, considerable numbers 

 migrate to our shores in autumn, especially at Spurn, where 

 they were very abundant in October 1870, and they usually 

 arrive in that month with easterly winds, but in some years 

 they are later and do not put in an appearance until November 

 or December ; in 1881 the migration extended over eighty 

 days, from July the I7th, at Flamborough, where several 

 remained round the lantern during the night, to October 

 the 4th. 



At the Teesmouth they are sometimes seen on migration, 



