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Certhia familiaris. In woods, resident, not common. 

 Carduelis spinus. Observed on migration, not common. 

 Fringilla CCElebs. Scobbie. Resident, commonest in summer. 

 Acanthus cannabina. Summer visitant, not common. 

 Acanthus rufescens. Observed on migration. 

 Acanthus flavirostris. Observed on migration only. 

 Pyrrhula europaea. Valley resident, common. 

 Loxia curvirostra. 



Emberiza citrinella. Spink. Valley resident, common. 

 Plectrophanes nivalis. A regular visitant on migration, chiefly 



confined to the moory uplands. 

 Sturnus vulgaris. Sheep Starling, Not known thirty years ago, 



but rapidly increasing. Summer resident only. 

 Pica caudata. Pyet. Common. 

 Corvus monedula. Jack. Breeds in every village, and in most 



of the crags. 

 Corvus corax. Formerly bred in the crags near the head of the 



dale. One pair bred for years in a large swallow-hole there ; 



now nearly exterminated by gun, trap, and poison. 

 Corvus corone. Corbie. Breeds in trees up to their uppermost 



limit on the fells. 

 Corvus cornix. Almost unknown. 

 Alauda arvensis. Lavrock. Not common. 

 Cypselus apus. Summer visitant, not common. 

 Alcedo ispida. Not common. 

 Cuculus canorus. Gouk. 

 Strix flammea. Valley resident, not common. 

 Asio Otus. Not uncommon in the woods. 

 Asio accipitrinus. Has bred occasionally on the moors ; not a 



regular migrant here. 

 Syrnium aluco. Jinnie Hewlet. Common in all the woods. 

 Buteo vulgaris. Occasionally breeds even yet in the crags about 



the dale head ; rare generally. 

 Accipiter nisus. Breeds commonly in the woods. 

 Milvus ictinus. Glead. Not rare thirty years ago ; now exter- 

 minated. 

 Falco peregrinus. A regular visitant on migration ; and one or 



more pairs attempt to rear a brood nearly every year in the 



crags about the dale head. Most commonly seen in August. 

 Falco sesalon. A few pairs attempt to breed every year on the 



mo ors. Found only from about May to about October. 



August 1890. 



