38 PEAKE : THE AVI-FAUNA OF SETTLE AND UPPER KIBBLES DALE. 



Phylloscopus sibilatrix. Wood Wren. Very regular in 



certain places in summer — e.g., I hear one every year in the 

 plantation at the back of Giggleswick Grammar School. 



Acrocephalus phragmitis. Sedge Warbler. Nests here and 



there near the Ribble, and in marshy, willow-growing places, as 

 on Swarth Moor. Reputed Nightingales, which once brought 

 out crowds of people to Gildersleets, near Settle, and also near 

 Clapham, were perhaps of this species. A local naturalist said 

 they were fools for their pains, for k 'Twas nobbut a Bothering 

 Betty.' 



Locustella naevia. Grasshopper Warbler. Its eggs have 



been taken on a moss near Lawkland, where it seems to come 

 regularly in small numbers. 



Accentor modularis. Hedge Sparrow* Local name, ' Dicky 



Dunnock. 3 Fairly abundant. 



Acredula rosea. Long-tailed Tit. Small flocks occur in 



winter. Nests occasionally, but not regularly. 



Parus major. Great Tit. Locally called 'Blackcap/ Abundant. 

 Parus britannicus. Cole Tit. Does not nest in any numbers. 



Commoner in winter. 



Parus caeruleus. Blue Tit. Abundant. 



Certhia familiaris. Creeper. Not very common, at any rate in 



summer. Has nested at Lawkland Hall, between a creeping 

 plant and a house wall ; I have known one caught in a trap at 

 the foot of a tree. 



Troglodytes parvulus. Wren. Abundant. Occurs sometimes 



in the walls on the hills in winter ; the only bird perhaps seen 

 for miles. Seems to sing later than other birds in the summer, 

 even into August. 



Motacilla lugubris. Pied Wagtail. Numerous in spring and 



summer. Returns very regularly about the second week in 

 March, and it is exceptional to see one after the second week in 

 October. 



In March and April many may be seen every day on the 

 banks of the Ribble below Settle, evidently passing on migration. 



Motacilla alba. White Wagtail. Mr. Foster has seen them 



at Horton. Doubtless a skilled observer would find some 

 among the migrating birds just mentioned, especially in April. 



Motacilla melanope. Grey Wagtail. Not uncommon ; not 



quite so regular as lugubris in its migration, though on the 

 whole its times are the same. I have notes of seeing it on the 

 Ribble in November and December. 



Naturalist, 



