WAITE: VERTEBRATES OF THE WESTERN AINSTY. gt 
<img parvulus Koch. Wren. Locally known as 
Tit. Resident and tolerably common; breeds in all 
aes of the district. Mr. J. R. Hatfeild wai bottom fishing 
in the Wharfe a short while ago, and had just drawn the worm 
out of the water when it was seized by a Wren, which held on 
to it for two or three seconds, and then flew away. 
Certhia familiaris Linn. Tree Creeper. Local name, Little 
Woodpecker. Resident and not very common; breeds in 
several parts of the district, chiefly in the older woods. 
Motacilla lugubris Temm. Pied Wagtail. Resident and 
airly common, and breeds regularly. In Autumn the greater 
number leave the district, but appear again in March. 
_Motacilla melanope Pall. Grey Wagtail. Resident, but not 
very numerous. It is, however, more common in Winter. It 
occasionally breeds on the Wharfe, above Tadcaster, and did so 
in 1877, also last year (1890); breeds at Hunsingore, on the Nidd. 
Motacilla raii Bonap. Yellow Wagtail. An irregular summer 
visitant in varying numbers. I am told that it has bred at 
Wetherby. I have never found it doing so in the Ainsty 
district. 
Anthus trivialis (Linn.). Tree Pipit. [ocal name, Tree Lark. 
A regular summer visitant, very common and generally distri- 
buted throughout the district, breeding in all parts. It appears 
to be more numerous than A. frafensis. 
Anthus abe beer (Linn.). Meadow Pipit. Resident; very 
common in summer but much less so in winter, it breeds 
regularly in all parts of the district, but more numerously in 
moist meadows. 
Oriolus galbula Linn. Golden Oriole. The Rev. J. W. 
Chaloner tells me that one of these birds was seen on the 28th 
April, 1870, at Grimston Park near Tadcaster, by the keeper 
(see also ‘ Yorkshire Vertebrata,’ page 27). 
Lanius excubitor Linn. Great Grey Shrike. Mr. John 
Harrison informs me that he saw one at Wilstrop during the 
winter of 1876-7. One has been shot near Wetherby. 
Ampelis garrulus Linn. Waxwing. A rare winter visitant. 
It has only been seen in the district during severe seasons. 
Several were seen at Farnham near Wetherby on Jan. 5th, 1870. 
One was shot by Mr. Wright at Tockwith. 
Muscicapa grisola Linn. Spotted Flycatcher. Summer 
visitant, common ; breeds regularly in many parts of the district, 
= generally loins in orchards. 
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