70 CLARKE : THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



certainly double-brooded, and Mr. F. Boyes has noted that, in 

 an orchard at Beverley, the same nest has been used for both 

 broods. In 187 1 he found the old bird sitting on four eggs in 

 the last week in March, which hatched early in April ; and on 

 the 19th of May the nest again contained four more young 

 birds. The earliest nest known to the writer contained eggs in 

 the first week in March. The gizzards of young birds examined 

 by Mr. Geo. Roberts contained caterpillars, flies, elytra of 

 beetles, and numerous ' minute, round, white bodies, resembling 

 the eggs of insects.' After the breeding season the birds pack, 

 and on the occasion of the Hawes Meeting of the Union on 

 June 28, 1884, I observed a large party swooping down the fell 

 side uttering their characteristic ' churring ' note. These gather- 

 ings have in not a few instances, no doubt, been reported as 

 early Fieldfares. 



A variety shot near Patrington some few years ago, formerly 

 in the possession of Mr. Philip W. Lawton, and now in the col- 

 lection of Mr. Marshall, of Taunton, has the ground color of the 

 feathers white, while the spots and other markings are of the 

 usual tint. 



The earliest mention of this as a Yorkshire bird, so far as 

 the writer is aware, is contained in the appendix to the Rev. 

 John Graves' ' History of Cleveland,' dated 1808. 



This bird is very generally known as the 'Storm-cock.' In 

 Cleveland, from its early song, it is dubbed ' Jeremy Joy ' 

 (January Joy) ; and in Craven it is called the Churcock. 



TUEDUS MUSICUS L. 

 Song Thrush. 



A resident, common in summer. 



• Generally diffused.' — Thotnas Allis, 1844. 



The Thrush is a resident species, abundant in most districts 

 in the summer months, quite the reverse during the winter, 



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