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Cinclus aquaticus. Dipper. Local name, ■ Douk. 5 Abundant 



wherever there is swift-running water. Numerous on the 

 Ribble in autumn and winter, but seems to retire up the 

 becks and higher streams for the nesting season. Its vigorous 

 singing, even in the coldest weather, is remarkable. 



Saxicola oenanthe. Wheatear. Local name, 'Stonechat.' 



Abundant in summer. If watched for in the right places, by 

 March 20th, I believe, some few will be seen. It seems to 

 arrive earlier than farther south. 



Pratincola rubetra. Whinchat. Local name, ' Grasschat.' 



Fairly abundant in summer. 



Pratincola rubicola. Stonechat. The only note I have of its 



occurrence is of one frequenting High Rigg for several days in 



March 1886. 



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Ruticilla phcenicurus. Redstart. Numerous in summer, 



finding suitable nesting-places in the walls near gardens and 

 plantations. 



Erithacus rubecula. Robin. Fairly abundant. One comes 

 across it sometimes in winter in the stone walls, far from human 

 habitation. 



Sylvia cinerea. Whitethroat. Fairly abundant in summer. 

 Sylvia curruca. Lesser Whitethroat. I have not come 



across it myself, but believe it is of rare occurrence on the 

 Lawkland side. 



Sylvia atricapilla. Blackcap. Summer visitant. Not very 



common. 



Sylvia hortensis. Garden Warbler. Summer visitant: regular 



and more common than the Blackcap, I think. 



Regulus cristatus. Goldcrest. Some breed here, but it is 



commoner in winter. 



Phylloscopus rufus. Chiffchaff. Does not breed here. 



Mr. Foster has heard it at Lawkland. I heard and saw one 

 in 1894 on September 14th and 23rd, my only note of its 

 occurrence. 



Phylloscopus trochilus. Willow Wren. Very abundant in 



summer. 



number 



size of the spots. I have seen a nest built on the top of 



above 



in the ivy on a wall. 



teb. 1896. 



