336 Stepheuwn : Birds of tJie Goathlaud District. 



Lower Lias 

 Upper Rhcetic beds 

 Black Sliales, etc. 

 Grey beds ... 



Total thicUness ... ... 59 



Keiiper ... ... ... ... — 



BIRDS OF THE GOATHLAND DISTRICT.' 



T. STEPHENSOX. 

 U'hitbv. 



Spotted Crake. Porzana porzana. Has been shot in Newton 



Dale. 

 Common Curlew. Numenius arquatus. Breeds regularly on 



Goathland Moor. 

 Dipper. Cinctus aquaticus. Breeds in the district. 

 Mallard Duck. Anas boscas. Breeds occasionally in Fen 



Bcigs. 

 Teal Duck. Nettion crecca. A few years ago bred at Randy 



Mere, Goathland. 

 Peregrine Falcon. Falco peregrinus. The late Canon Atkin- 

 son said it used to breed on Killing--Nab Scar, Goathland. 



One trapped at Goathland a few years ag-o. 

 Common Heron. Ardea cinerea. Has been seen in the 



neighbourhood during the breeding- season. 

 Kingfisher. Alcedo ispida. Breeds in the district. 

 Merlin. Falco /Esalon. Said to breed annually. Female 



taken at Goathland in 1895. 

 Nightjar. Caprimulgus europasus. Breeds in the district. 

 Ring Ouzel. Merula torquata. Breeds on Goathland Moor. 

 Short-eared Owl. Asio accipitrinus. Said to breed in the 



neighbourhood. 

 Qolden Plover. Charadrius pluvialis. Breeds in the district. 

 Raven. Corvus corax. Seen on Stape Moor ten years ago. 

 Common Redshank. Totanus calidris. Has been shot at 



Goathland. 

 Redstart. RuticUla phoenicurus. Sometimes seen in the 



district. 

 Reed-Warbler. Acrocephalus streperus. Has been known 



to nest in Fen Bogs. 

 Woodcock. Scolopax rusticola. Has bred in the district this 



season. 

 Green Woodpecker. Gecinus vin'dis. Breeds in the district. 



* Read at Goathland, 27th June 1903. 



Naturalist, 



