314 TINKLER: THE AVI-FAUNA OF ARKENGARTHDALE, ETC. 
Motacilla lugubris. Pied Wagtail. A common summer 
visitor to Arkengarthdale and Upper Swaledale up to the gill 
heads. I cannot call it a resident as, although I have seen odd 
birds about during the winter from time to time, the great bulk 
of those that nest there depart in late autumn, and do not 
return until the following March. Resident in Lower Swaledale 
and the New Forest. 
Motacilla melanope. Grey Wagtail. A common summer 
visitor to the valleys and gills throughout the district, being 
found nearly up to the gill heads. Arrives towards the middle 
of April and leaves again in early autumn. Like the Dipper 
they resort year after year to the same spot to nest. In Farn 
Gill, Arkengarthdale, I know one piece of rock where for ten 
years there has been a nest, and always on the same ledge. 
There are two broods, the first hatched early in May, the second 
in June. On 7th June, 1882, I found the hen sitting upon three 
eggs in Farn Gill, and was allowed to lift her off the nest before 
she would move. On 1st June, I had pulled out the old nest, 
consequently this one had been built and the eggs laid in 
six days, 
Motacilla raii. Yellow Wagtail. A common summer visitor 
t e meadows and pastures all over the district, arriving 
towards the end of April. 
Anthus pratensis. Meadow Pipit. Local names, Moor Lark, 
Ling Squeaker. A very abundant resident, though during the 
winter it leaves the high moors and upper parts of Swaledale 
and Arkengarthdale. Nests among the ling to an altitude of 
2,000 feet. 
Anthus trivialis. Tree Pipit. A common summer visitor to 
the valleys, especially frequenting pastures and meadows on the 
outskirts of woods. Arrives towards the end of April. 
Lanius excubitor. Great Grey Shrike. One shot near 
Whitcliffe Scar, 8th November, 1865. Probably an_ irregular 
winter visitor. 
Lanius collurio. Red-backed Shrike. A rare and very local 
summer visitor. Two pairs nest every year among the thorn 
bushes between Ivelet and Low Row, and it also nests near 
Marske. I have never seen or heard of it in Arkengarthdale or 
the New Forest. 
Ampelis garrulus. Waxwing. An irregular winter visitor. 
During the winter of 1866-67 large numbers were seen neat 
Grinton, and several shot. 
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Naturalist, 
