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The Naturalist. 



LIST OF RARE BIRDS 



OCCURRING WITHIN A RADIUS OF TEN MILES OF HUDDERSFIELD DURING 



THE LAST THREE YEARS. 



By James Varley, Almondbury Bank. 



Merlin {Falco oesalon). — Shot by Mr. Bradbury, Slaithwaite, 

 February 20tli, 1875. 



Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus). — Shot by Mr. Pemberton, Storths 

 Hall, May 28th, 1874. Its crop contained one young bird, and egg 

 shells of the missel thrush ; it measured 22 inches from bill to tail, 

 and 4 feet 5 inches expanse of wing. 



Short-eared Owl (Otus hrachyotus). — One shot at Almondbury, and 

 two at Dalton, by Mr. Lockwood, July 29th, 1873. 



Pied Flycatcher (Muscicapa atricapilla). — Saw two in Penny Spring 

 Wood, male and female, May 3rd, 1873. 



Grasshopper Warbler (Salicaria locustella). — Shot by myself in 

 Penny Spring Wood, May 14th, 1873. 



Nightingale (Philomela luscinia). — Commenced to sing in MoUycar 

 Wood, May 5th, 1875, and continued to June 7th. It began to sing 

 about ten o'clock each evening, and continued till about four in the 

 morning. 



Fire-crested Regulus {Regulus ignicapillus) . — I had the pleasure of 

 receiving a very fine specimen of this bird, found in an exhausted 

 state at Armitage Bridge, September 3rd, 1874. 



Hawfinch [Fringilla coccothranstes). — I saw two very fine specimens 

 at Longley Hall, August 23rd, 1874. 



Hooded Crow (Gorvus comix). — Three in the neighbourhood of 

 Storths Hall Moor for three weeks in March, 1875. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker {Picus major). — In Penny Spring Wood, 

 through winter of 1874-5. 



Kingfisher {Alcedo ispida). — Ponds at Almondbury Bank, in the 

 autumn of 1874. 



Quail {Goturnix vulgaris).- — A pair in the corn-fields about Almond- 

 bury all the summer and autumn of 3874. 



Dotterell {Gharadrius morinellm). — Five procured on the moor near 

 Tinker's Monument, Shepley, April 20th, 1874. 



HQmxi {Ardea cinerea). — Saw one at Storths Hall, June 2nd, and 

 one passed over Almondbury Bank July 14th, 1874. 



Great Snipe (Scolopax major). — Shot at Dalton, December 26th, 1873. 



