326 SMITH : NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF CENTRAL RYEDALE. 



Saxicola cenanthe (L.). Wheatear. An occasional visitor, 

 generally in March and April, when migrating to the higher 

 ground where it breeds. 

 Pratincola rubetra (L.). Whinchat. (Local name, Hay Bird). 



A regular summer visitant ; fairly numerous ; breeds regularly.. 

 Pratincola rubicola (L.). Stonechat. Rarely observed here, 



but is fairly numerous in a certain valley seven or eight miles 



westward, where it breeds. 

 Ruticilla phoenicurus (L.). Redstart. (Local name, Jenny 



Red Tail). A regular summer visitant; fairly numerous; breeds. 

 Erithacus rubecula (L.). Redbreast. (Local name, Robin). 



Resident ; fairly abundant ; breeds. 

 Sylvia cinerea (Bechst.). Whitethroat. (Local name, Peggy 



Whitethroat). A common summer visitor ; numerous ; breeds- 

 Sylvia curruca (L.). Lesser Whitethroat. (Local name, 



Mealy-mouth). A regular summer visitor ; not numerous ; 



breeds. 

 Sylvia atricapilla (L.). Blackcap. A regular summer visitor, 



but not numerous. Has been seen in winter. 

 Sylvia hortensis (Bechst). Garden Warbler. A regular 



summer visitor ; fairly numerous ; breeds regularly. 

 Regulus cristatus Koch. Goldcrest. Probably resident in 



small numbers; but is most frequently seen in the winter 



season. 

 Phylloscopus rufus (Bechst). Chiffchaff. A regular summer 



visitor ; not numerous ; breeds. 

 Phylloscopus trochilus (L). Willow Warbler. A regular 



summer visitor ; numerous ; breeds regularly. 



Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Bechst). Wood Warbler. A regular 

 summer visitor ; not numerous ; breeds regularly. 



Acrocephalus phragmitis (Bechst). Sedge Warbler. One 



of the most numerous of our summer visitors ; breeds regularly. 

 Locustella nasvia (Bodd.). Grasshopper Warbler. A very 



irregular summer visitor ; never numerous ; and some years 



not observed. 

 Accentor modularis (L.). Hedge Sparrow. (Local name, 



Cuddy). Resident ; numerous ; and breeds regularly. 

 Cinclus aquaticus Bechst. Dipper. Resident ; not numerous ; 



breeds. 

 Acredula rosea (Blyth). British Longtailed Titmouse. 



(Local name, Tom Piper). Resident ; sparingly distributed j 



breeds regularly. 



Naturalist,. 



