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the houses and perched in some ash trees. Two houses in 

 Ripon Road, had ornamental ridge coping tiles, with arrow-like 

 heads every nine inches or so, and on every point a wagtail 

 was perched. They were there again on the following evening, 

 after which I saw them no more. This influx was particularly 

 remarkable, owing to the severe wintry conditions then pre- 

 vailing, thick snow and keen frost which had persisted for 

 some weeks. — R. Fortune, Harrogate. 



Nesting of the Long-tailed Titmouse in Upper Wharfe- 

 dale. — During the last few years there has been good evidence 

 that the Long-tailed Tit has been returning to this district. 

 At the first small parties were reported in the non-breeding 

 months of the year ; but last summer (ante 1916, p. 267 and 

 1917, p. 36), we were pretty certain that at the least two pairs 

 nested in Bolton Woods, and another pair in the Middleton 

 Wood, on the opposite of the river Wharfe to Ilkley ; but with 

 our limited leisure we were not able to actually locate a nest. 

 On June 9th, of this year, Mr. T. Roose showed me a nest 

 of this species in Bolton Woods, not very far from the Abbey : 

 but across the river. It was in a most unusual situation for 

 a nest of the Long-tailed Tit, and was difficult to see, being in 

 the broad bare fork of a tall Ash tree, and at the least forty-five 

 feet from the ground. At that distance it exactly matched the 

 Ash bark and the lichens upon it. The birds, or at least one 

 bird, was feeding young in the nest, and by their actions I 

 judged that the nest contained recently-hatched chicks. That 

 is if this species behaves like the other Titmice ; which with 

 newly-hatched babes, the female alone enters the nest with 

 food. The male attends her on her excursions for food, and 

 returns with her to within two or three yards of the nest. He 

 then hops about with an occasional note, or a subdued snatch 

 of his song, until she comes out of the nest ; when he again 

 accompanies her on her journey. In two or three days he 

 takes his share in the feeding of the family and before long 

 both work independently and indefatigably. However, as 

 this was the first nest of the Long-tailed Tit I had seen in 

 Upper Wharfedale (or in Upper Airedale) for near, if not 

 quite, a quarter of a century (ante 101*9, PP- 55~57), I was 

 naturally delighted to watch them at work. The same day, 

 I saw another pair in the sam. woods— on the island higher 

 up the river—but failed to find evidence of their nesting — 

 though most probably they would be.- Harry B. Booth, 

 Ben Rhydding. 



Hull Museum Publication, No. 112 (32 pp. and plates, price one 

 penny) contains reprints of illustrated papers on Bronze-Age weapons, 

 and on a new Lima from the English Chalk, by Mr. T. Sheppard, M.Sc., 

 and several papers on Iceland Mollusca, by Mr. Hans Schlesch. 



l'J17 Nov. 1. 



