THE YOUNG 



birches growing nearest to Bury Lane sta- 

 tion are generally chosen for this species, as 

 there the keepers do not interfere much, in 

 fact, sometimes assist us at this season of the 

 year. Amongst the smaller species for which 

 the Chat Moss has been, and still is, famous, 

 are Eudorea duUella (Gregson), this was 

 at one time a source of doubt ; afterwards, 

 we took it in plenty on Risley Moss, and Mr. 

 Doubleday named it Attomalis. Then we 

 lonndAmphysa gerninganaon " Birch Rough," 

 and Peronea Caledoneana feeding on sweet gale 

 at the same place, and Cnephasia lepidana 

 was first bred and proved double-brooded 

 from this locality. Two miles across the 

 Moss, from the corner known as Birch 

 Rough, we come to an extensive planting of, 

 and some natural, Scotch firs. These trees 

 are infested with the genus Retinea, and it 

 was from specimens taken here that H. 

 Doubleday was enabled to name one species 

 we had picked out as a new species, R. 

 pinecolam. It is quite as abundant as 

 Buoleana, and more so than Pinivorana, and all 

 three species are still doing their best to kill 

 the trees they live upon ; and assisted as 

 they are being by Scolytida, the trees are 

 already poor stunted scrub. It is here that 

 L. sericea was first taken, and this is still the 

 best of the two localities known for it ; and 

 here also Crambus Warringtonellus occurs in 

 plenty, but it is scarce anywhere el e on the 

 Moss by comparison, and does not appear 

 at all on some parts of the Moss where C. 

 perlellus is abundant. Here also Glechia 

 longicornis flies, and the larva of Glyphipteryx 

 Haworthella feeds on the seeds of the cotton 

 grasses. That much of the Chat Moss 

 remains, and most of the insects attached 

 to such localities are still to be got, is one of 

 the things we are thankful for ; but that 

 these Lancashire moss lands and their 

 plants and insects are doomed, is seen 

 plainly as we cross Sutton Moss and Bold 

 Heath, near St. Helens, on our way to Chat 

 Moss. On this moss all the trees and shrubs 



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and most of the plants are already dead, 

 and it is long since any entomologist thought 

 to go collecting there. Thirty years ago, 

 this was the best place we had for Chirsotis 

 Haworthii and agathina; now, "Birch 

 Rough," on the Risley end of Chat Moss, is 

 our best locality for these species. 



THE LIFE OF A YORKSHIRE 

 NATURALIST. 



(Continued from page 139.) 

 Chap. IV. — Contmued. 



Whitethroat. — First heard, April 20, 

 1873; May 16, 1874; May 2, 1875; May 

 5, 1876; April 29, 1873; May 8, 1881. 



Willow Wren.— First heard, April 16, 

 1871; April 14, 1872; April 14, 1873 ; April 

 18, 1874; April 18, 1875; April 9, 1876; 

 April 16, 1878; April 15, 1879: April 4, 1880; 

 April 5, i88t. 



Wood Wren. — First heard, May 11, 1873; 

 April 26, 1874 ; May 6, 1876. 



Chiffchaff. — First heard, April 14, 1872; 

 April 10, 1874 ; April 13, 1875 ; April 22, 

 1880. 



Fire-crested Wren. — " September 3rd, 

 1874. Had a very fine Fire-crested Wren 

 brought me. It was found exhausted at 

 Armitage Bridge." 



Pied Wagtail. — "December 27th, 1873. 

 Shot a Pied Wagtail in winter dress at 

 King's Mill." (The Pied Wagtail is seldom 

 seen here in winter.) 



Ray's Wagtail. — First seen, May 4, 1873 ; 

 April 25, 1874; April 19, 1875; April 11, 

 1876. 



Tree Pipit. — First heard. May 11, 1873 ; 

 April ig, 1874 ; April 16, 1878 ; April 7, 1880. 



Skylark. — First heard singing, Feb. 6, 

 1870 ; Jan. 20, 1871. 



Yellowhammer. — Heard singing, March 

 18, 1870; Jan. 27, 1872; Feb. 8, 1874. 



