go WAITE: VERTEBRATES OF THE WESTERN AINSTY. 
common, perhaps more so than any other Warbler; breeds in 
all suitable localities throughout the district. 
Locustella nzvia (Bodd.). Grasshopper Warbler. Regular 
summer visitant and not uncommon, but local. It is fairly 
numerous at Cowthorpe and Wilstrop, where it breeds; it also 
occurs at Wetherby, but is scarcer towards the east. I have not 
found it in the immediate neighbourhood south of the Wharfe. 
Accentor modularis (Linn... Hedge Accentor. Cuddy is 
the name by which it is usually designated. Resident, and as 
common in the Ainsty as elsewhere. It breeds in all parts of 
the district. 
Cinclus aquaticus Bechst. Dipper. Resident; common on 
the Wharfe ; it breeds regularly at Wetherby and Thorp Arch. 
The Nidd within the district is too sluggish for it, and it is seldom 
seen below Knaresborough. Mr. Harrison has met with it only 
once on the latter river—at Skip Bridge. 
a rosea (Blyth). Long-tailed Tit. Resident and 
ommon in all the larger woods within the district. It is 
a very gregarious species and breeds Beentanly at Wilstrop, 
Ingmanthorpe, and Thorp Arch. 
Parus major Linn. Great Tit. Local name, Blackcap (see 
Sylvia atricapilla) and Billy Jinker. Resident and common; it 
appears to be increasing in numbers, and breeds regularly 
throughout the district. 
Parus britannicus Sharpe & Dresser. Coal Tit. Resident ; 
fairly common, but somewhat local ; being partial to fir planta- 
tions, it breeds in most suitable parts of the district. 
Parus palustris Linn. Marsh Tit. Resident and uncommon; 
the rarest Tit of the district, throughout which, however, it 
occurs in very small numbers. The term ‘ Marsh’ does not 
appear to have any special reference to this bird, for it inhabits 
precisely the same localities as other Tits, and is frequently 
seen in their company. 
Parus czruleus Linn. Blue Tit. Local names, Blue-cap and 
Billy-biter. Resident and very abundant ; the commonest Tit 
of the district, throughout which it breeds. 
Sitta czsia Wolf. Nuthatch. Decidedly rare. I have met with 
it once in Walton Wood, and the Rev. J. W. Chaloner has seen 
it twice at Newton Kyme. Mr. J. Harrison tells me that it has 
occurred in Wilstrop Wood, and the late John Tennant wrote 
(MS., 1880):—‘It breeds at Allerton Park’, a short distance 
outside the district. 
Naturalist, 
