THE YOUNG NATURALIST. 



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NATURAL HISTORY DIARY: 



By J. W. Carter, Bradford. 



June ist. C. pusaria and H. adusta out, 

 Bingley (E.P.P.B.) ; A. remutata out, Shipley 

 Glen ; Larvae of B. call una in hundreds, 

 Rombald's Moor. 



June 2nd. E. albulata very abundant ( 

 Bingley (E.P.P.B.), swarmed in every mea- 

 dow round here, where its food plant (Rhi- 

 nanthus) Yellow-rattle grows. Found nest 

 of the Common Sandpiper, containing four 

 eggs, at Many-well's Reservoir, near Bingley 

 'E.P.P.B.) 



June 3rd. A . urticec out, Bingley (E.P.P.B.) 



June 4th. A.rumicis out (E.P.P.B.); H. 

 hectus on the wing. Found full-fed larvae 

 of L. cwsiata on Rombald's Moor. Larvae of 

 Hybcrnidte in thousands, Shipley Glen. 

 That of C. boreata was confined to Birch, 

 and may be easily distinguished from its 

 near ally (C. brumata) by its shining black 

 head. Heard Nightjay at Shipley Glen. 



June 5th. N. camelina out, I also took 

 S. belgiaria, since then it has been very 

 common (E.P.P.B.) 



June 6th. Found nest of Pied Flycatcher, 

 containing seven eggs, in a hole in the trunk 

 of an old tree in Upper Wharedale. A 

 Great Tit's nest containing young was 

 built in the same tree. M. montanata on the 

 wing (E.P.P.B.) B rubi on the wing. 

 N. cristulalis, A . fuliginosa, L. alsus, E.octo- 

 maculalis, &c, out at Witherslack. Found 

 larvae, pupae and imagines of Z , filipendulcc 

 at Grange. 



June 7th. Found nest of Ray's Wagtail 

 in a pasture near Denholme (E.P.P.B.) 



June 8th. Geranium phewm in flower, 

 Cottingley (E.P.P.B.) 



June iotb. Larvae of Y. elutata and L.didy- 

 mata very common on Billberry (S.L.M.) 

 H. lupulinus, M. ocellata, H. dentina, and 

 F.piniaria out (E.P.P.B.) Bingley. 



June nth. S. populi out (E.P.P.B.) 



June 12th. A. ulmata out, Hawksworth, 

 very local (J.F.) 



June 13th. H. prasinana out N. plecta 

 common, Goit-stock (J.A.B.) 



June 15th. H. velleda out, Huddersfield 

 (S.L.M.) 



June 17th. Took one V . cambricaria (Bing- 

 ley Wood;. It is not so abundant by far 

 this year, as in the last two or three. 

 (E.P.P.B.) 



June iSth. A.fumata out, Bingley, very 

 abundant this year (J.A.B.) M. albicizlata 

 out ; moths very common at sugar, includ- 

 ing N. Plecta, X. rurea, and var. combusta, 

 strigilis.fasciuncula, dentina, rumicis, thallasina, 

 festiva, pisi, and gcmina. Larvae of pilosaria, 

 defoliaria, trapezina, Sec, feeding (S.L.M.) 



June 19th. M. galiata out, near Bingley 

 (J.A.B.) /. lactearia, A. luteata, E. palumbaria, 

 A . candidate, C. propugnata, and E. affinitata 

 out at Hawksworth, the latter species very 

 local. A porphyrea on the wing, Rombald's 

 Moor; P. meticulosa, C. pamphilns, and Cock- 

 chaffer (Melonontha vulgaris) out at Shipley 

 Glen. Campanula rotundifolia in flower. 



June 20th. As my brother and I were 

 going to look for V . cambricaria we were sur- 

 prised to see a brood of long-eared Bats, 

 hawking for flies in a cave ; we caught two 

 of them. It is the commonest species of 

 Bat in Bingley Wood. H. velleda out, actually 

 swarmed (E.P.P.B.) 



June 2 1 st. Erica tetralix in flower, Bingley 

 (E.P.P.B.) Moths common at sugar, Tene- 

 brosa, augur, pronuba, oleracea, &c. (S.L.M.) 



June 23rd. Dog Rose (Rosa canina) in 

 flower. L. cccsiata out, took one almost 

 black, a not uncommon variety in this dis- 

 trict fBingly). Found Sedge Warblers nest 

 containing young (E.P.P.B.) 



June 24th. Took E. lucipara and A. por- 

 phyrea. Saw tawny Owl flying about at 

 dusk, Bingley Wood (E.P.P.B.) 



June 25th. E. keparata out, also S. oUvalis 

 (E.P.P.B.) 



June 26th. Took C spi/mla. 



