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been seen on the Wenning, near Bentham, on the borders of 
Westmorland, by James Moore in 1904, but whether on migra- 
tion it is not stated (‘Yorkshire Weekly Post,’ June 4th, 1904). 
It has been found nesting in the Sedburgh district (Fortune), 
but must be considered as a very rare bird in that locality. In 
the ‘Birds of Upper Nidderdale,’ by Roebuck, Clarke, and Storey, 
the Pied Flycatcher is said to be a ‘local and not numerous 
summer visitant, breeding at Brimham, Guyscliffe, Pateley, 
Wath, and as high as Lofthouse.” 
I spent a few days near the head of the Wharfe a few 
years ago, making Buckden my headquarters, extending my 
investigations to Hubberholme, over the fells to Hawes, 
thence to Aysgarth and Bishopsdale, without ever seeing this 
species. Mr. Chapman, however, includes it in the ‘ Birds of 
- Wensleydale’ as a comparative rare summer visitant, and so 
mentioned as amongst the rarer birds that visit the district of 
Leyburn, and has been known to nest near Masham (Tinkler). 
A few breed annually near Richmond and Marske, but it is a 
rare and local summer visitant to Lower Sevaledale, and the 
same remark applies to the Barnard Castle district. It is locally 
distributed in the woods near Middlesbrough, and also in the 
Whitby district it is sparingly distributed. I have seen it near 
Mulgrave Castle Woods, and it occurs occasionally at Langdale 
Rigg, near Scarborough; also further west to Pickering and 
Kirbymoorside. Duncombe Park, near Helmsley, would appear 
to be its headquarters in the North Riding. Near the Cleve- 
land Hills it is said to have occurred at Swainby. In the early 
sixties, however, | spent a month in. Scugdale, which is adjoin- 
ing Swainby, without ever seeing this bird, but it is possible 
it may have been overlooked, although this is difficult to con- 
ceive on account of its conspicuous plumage. Other localities 
in Yorkshire where this Flycatcher breeds are Hovingham in 
Ryedale, Bilsdale, Farndale, and by the River Wiske near 
Northallerton. 
I have never found the nest in any other situation than in a 
hole of a tree varying in height from a few up to thirty feet, 
and is a slight structure, somewhat slovenly and similarly built, 
but not so substantially, as the nest of the Redstart. There are 
usually deposited five to six eggs, which have again a resemblance 
