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THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



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the otter 



strates. The list of birds— a very meagre 

 one as will be seen — is mainly the result of 

 a single day's ramble in July in the vicinity 

 of Grassington, Conistone, and Kilnsey. 

 This will fully account for the absence of 

 many species which are certain to occur, 

 sspecially the winter and casual visitants. 



The bird list includes the following spe- 

 :ies, which are resident in the district all 

 :he year round, a statement which, of course, 

 mplies that they breed there annually : — 



8. Song Thbush. 



9. Blackbird. 



10. Dipper.— Very abandant on the Wharfe, particu- 

 irly where the bed and banks of the stream arc rocky, 

 s at Ghaistiills. 



11. Redbreast. 



12. Hedge Sparrow. 



13. WitEN. 



i. Pied Wagtail.— Partially migx*atory. The in- 



i lufilrf frequentii g the diatrict in summer retire fur- 

 1 south on the approach of winter, being replaced at 



Mt season by others coming from more northerly 



cahties. 



15. Grev Wagtail.— Partial to the streams, and 

 ry common. In form and plumage one of the most 

 'gant of the British birds. 



IC. Meadow Pipit.— Like the pied wagtail, this spe- 

 M iu partially migratory. 



17. Greenfinch. 



18. Common Sparrow. 



19. CHAfFlNCU. 



80. BiJLLFiNcu.— A loYcr of seclusion ; has been heard 

 Grass Wood. 



n. Yellow Bunting, or Yellow Hammer. 

 tt. Skylark.— On the day of the orniihological re- 

 uuussancc spoken of, thin bird was noticeable from 

 paucity of its numbers, only about two being ob- 

 ■wd. 



B. Starling.— Breeds on Kilnsey Crag. 

 H Book. 



Ravek.— Said still to lingt r in the district. 

 IB. Red Grouse.- Plentiful on the moorlands about 

 tjghent and round the htuds of — harfedle. 

 17. MoORUEN.— One observed on the river near Gni.ss- 



tlie (lis- 



,e region, 

 leirptes- 

 ,5 as tilt 



?he Tits have not yet been noted, although it is 

 mlly certain thut the five commoner Briliuh npociuB 



demon- r' ..... 



|B. Lapwing or Peewit.— A upccics which i« pirma- 

 Uy resident in the country, but should iu all iiroba- 

 '7 bo regarded as only a summer vuutaut to a district 



which lies bo high and possesses so limited an area aa 

 the one now under consideration. 



The following birds are annual summer 

 visitants, frequenting the dale for the pur- 

 pose of rearing their young, after accom- 

 plishing which they retire in the early 

 autumn for more southern winter quarters :- 



29. Ring Ouzel.— Frequents the grouse moors at 

 Kettlewell and elsewhere. 



80. VVnEATEAR.— Not uncommon. 



81. WuiscHAT.— Very abvmdant in th j meadow lands. 

 32. Redstart. — F..irly common. Breed-y in the 



crences of the walla which are so common in the hill 

 country. Ranges as high up the dale as Starbottom. 

 38. WuiTETHROAT.— Common in the lanes. 



34. "Willow Wren.— Everywhere. 



35. Yellow Wagtail. — Common in the meadows 

 with the Wliinchat. 



3G. Tree Pipit.— Fairly common. 

 87. Swallow. 



38. Martin. — Breeds in abundance on the face of 

 Kilnsey Crag, which is interesting as being a natural 

 habitat for a bird which so usually builds its nest in 

 situations provided for it by human handiwork. 



89. Sand Martin. 



40. Swift.— Breeds in the crevices at Kilnsey Crag. 



41. Nightjar. — Was noted in 1880 as common on the 

 lower slopes of Earl Seat, at the southern extremity of 

 the district. 



42. Common Sandpiper. — Very common on the 

 Wharfe, and one of the characteristic and most inter- 

 est uig birds of the district. 



There are other birds which have either 

 become extinct or nearly so, or whose visits 

 to the district are more or less of a casual 

 nature. 



43. Buzzard.— Upwards of half a century ago this 

 species was common amongst the Crags, where it nested. 

 Now, it is to be feared, it is quite extinct. 



44. Peregrine Falcon.— Till \\ithiu comparatively 

 recent years this noble species breil annually on Kilnsey 

 Crag and Amclifle Cote, and even now it is said to occa- 

 sionally attempt to rear its young in the uighbourhood. 



45. Osi'REY or Fish-Haw K.—Li April of la44 a female 

 specimcu wa.s killed on lJurn.>iAU Moor, which had boon 

 feeding on the rcniain.>< of a nxl groujic. 



40. Uerow.— Vi.sit.s the WLarfe i ccaidoually, probably 

 coiuing from the heronry which Btiil exists in the 

 vicuiity of (.targravc. 



47. Dotterel.— One wr-h obserwd iu Augxxst, 181*1, 

 on the Hunuuit o! Ponyghcnt, probably following the 

 range of hill.i iu iU southward migraUou." 



(To be continued). 



