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OBSERVATIONS AT ANSTON STONES, 

 May 1889. 



S. L. MOSLEY, F.E.S., 

 Hon. Sec. Huddersfield Naturalists Society ; Author of Various Natural History Works 



Myself and daughter spent a couple of days at this place a fortnight 

 ago. We travelled by road (on tricycle), but by rail Kiveton Park is 

 the nearest station. The following notes of species observed may be 

 of use to future visitors : — 



BIRDS. 



Nightingale (Daulias luscinia). We heard one singing on the 

 Sunday morning. We had heard one on a previous visit, and 

 were told that it is a regular visitor. On both occasions the birds 

 were on the little copse on the left before reaching the wood. 



Chiffchaff {Phylloscopus rafus). Several heard. The Warblers 

 were very numerous, including most of the ordinary species. 



As we came out of the wood in the evening a bird flew up 

 from a perpendicular hole in the top of the gate post, and I have 

 no doubt it had a nest there. It was too dark to see what 

 species it was, and I did not measure the depth of the hole for 

 fear of breaking the eggs, but I could see no bottom by the aid 

 of a lighted match. One would think the young would have 

 some difficulty in making their first flight up a perpendicular 

 hole not more than three inches in diameter. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



Anthocharis cardamines. My daughter saw one specimen, 



which, with the exception of ' Whites ' and one ' Blue,' was the 



only butterfly seen. 

 Tephrosia biundularia (or crepuscularia). We took extremely 



dark forms, and also very pale specimens, on the boles of fir 



trees in the fir-wood on the hill to the left of the main wood. 



This wood seems a very likely place for Fritillaries. 

 Abraxas ulmata. We only found two specimens ; but last year 



when I was there, a little later on, it was flying in extreme 



abundance. 

 Asthena sylvata. On my visit last year this pretty little geometer 



was flying commonly. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Phyllobius alneti, P. oblongus, and Barynotus obscurus 



were extremely abundant ; we could pick them from the foliage 

 at every step. Of 



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