62 CLARKE: THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



for the frequency with which it makes choice of curious sites for 

 its nest. It is also one of the few birds to be found in our town 

 gardens. 



A variety obtained near Wath-upon-Dearne in August, 1870, 

 is described by Dr. H. Payne as having " the upper plumage and 

 tail whitish fawn, the under parts nearly white." 



MUSCICAPA ATRICAPILLA L. 

 Pied Flycatcher. 



A local summer visitant. 



Of this conspicuous bird, whose distribution in Britain as a 

 summer resident is exceedingly limited, Yorkshire is one of the 

 chief headquarters and perhaps the most southern county in which 

 its occurrence in any numbers can be considered regular. 



The localities in which this species annually breeds are 

 entirely confined to the North and West Ridings of the county, and 

 its choice of them shows a strong predilection for the combination 

 of woodland and water, preferring as it does either deeply wooded 

 river valleys or woods in close proximity to extensive sheets of 

 water. 



In the North Riding it nests annually about Barnard Castle 

 in Teesdale ; in the woods at Castle Howard ; and at 

 Buncombe Park, Helmsley, and Hovingham in Ryedale. In 

 Wensleydale, which is in both Ridings, it is known to breed on 

 the banks of the Ure near Masham, Danby and Hackfall. 

 Bolton Woods are its chosen resort in Wharfedale ; while in 

 Nidderdale it visits the woods at Bewerley and Harefield near 

 Pateley Bridge (in which locality Mr. Joseph Lucas observed that 

 two broods were hatched in 1869, the second being on the 15th 

 of July). Other localities annually resorted to in the West 



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