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Sheffield and sent by Mr. F. Jessop, of that place, to Willughby. 

 (Will. " Orn." 1676). 



Thomas Allis, 1844, wrote : 



Linota montana. The Mountain Linnet Near Halifax it breeds 

 in abundance on all the high moors ; also at Thorne Moor ; it is 

 met with near Leeds, Doncaster, and York. 



The Mountain Linnet, as it is called, is resident and not at 

 all uncommon on some of the high moors in the West Riding ; 

 near Sheffield it breeds occasionally, and in the higher reaches 

 of the Aire Valley it is fairly common, though slightly decreas- 

 ing of late years, as is the case near Halifax and Huddersfield ; 

 in the vicinity of the latter place it has nested at the low end 

 of Crossland Moor close to the town ; near Wilsden a small 

 colony was found, with several nests in close proximity built 

 on the ground amongst bracken, and in a much frequented 

 locality (E. P. Butterfield, in Hit. 1903). These were 

 erroneously recorded as Lesser Redpolls (ZooL 1902, p. 193). 

 Round Keighley it is quite abundant, as many as thirty nests 

 having been seen in a single season, and on Adel Moor its 

 eggs have been found several times ; in Upper Wharfedale 

 and Nidderdale, and on the moors round Ripon, it also 

 breeds sparingly ; the fells of the north-west claim it as a 

 nesting species in small numbers ; there is a colony in Ribbles- 

 dale on Swarth Fell, and it nests in places near the Lancashire 

 border. In the south-west it was noted on Thorne Waste 

 in Allis's time, and his statement is confirmed by Mr. Thomas 

 Bunker, who found the nest so recently as 1884. It is scarcer 

 in the North than in the West Riding, but breeds in limited 

 numbers on the Cleveland Hills, on the moors in Arkengarth- 

 dale and Swaledale, commonly in Wensleydale, occasionally 

 on the moors near Bedale, and it has also been once known 

 at Romanby near Northallerton ; Strensall Common used 

 to be one of its breeding haunts, though it appears to have 

 deserted that neighbourhood during the past decade, 

 and a few pairs nest in Teesdale and near Sedbergh ; 

 in the Whitby district it nests sparingly on the moorlands 

 south of the town and also towards the borders of Cleveland 

 on Crinkle and Waupley. The Rev. H. H. Slater and the 



