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The Naturalist. 



Smew, Great Crested Grebe, Scla- 

 vonian Grebe, Great Northern 

 Diver, Red-throated Diver, Biack- 

 throated Diver, Manx Shearwater. 

 To these could also be added a 

 large number of other scarce vari- 

 ties, including many sea as well as 

 land birds, which have been taken 

 in the Parish within the last few 

 years, those named however occur- 

 ring less frequently. In concluding 

 these few notes it might be stated 

 that there are at least 70 distinct 

 varieties of birds which nest annually 

 in the vicinity of Halifax ; this 

 indeed seems a large number, but 

 taking into consideration the wide 

 tracts of moorland, combined with 

 the numerous valleys and woods in 

 the district, the fact that so many 

 birds resort to this neighbourhood 

 is readily accounted for. F. G. S. 

 Rawson, Halifax, December 2nd, 

 1875. 



Rare Birds near Barnsley. — 

 Gallinago major, the great snipe, 

 seen near Monk Bretton Abbey 

 by J. Parker — very rare. 



Anas hoschus, wild duck, a flock 

 of 26 seen by J. Parker flying 

 W. by N. on September 2nd. 



Saxicola (Enanthe, wheatear — the 

 last seen at Ingbirchworh, Sept. 

 13th. 



Motacilla Rayi, Ray's wagtail, 

 recorded at Woodhurst. 



Rallus aquaticus, water rail. This 

 scarce, partial migrant was killed 

 by the telegraph wires near 

 Wombwell, 16th September. 



Sylvia rufa, chifFchaff", song last 

 heard September 19th. 



Sylvia trochilus, willow wren, song 

 last heard 21st Sept. 



Turdus iliacus, redwing, seen by 

 W. Talbot of Wakefield, 9th Oct. 



RuticiUa phaenicurus, redstart, seen 

 by W. Talbot on October 19th, 

 a late occurrence of this summer 

 bird. 



Caprimulgus Europceus, night- jar, 

 obtained in J ordan Hill Gardens 

 9th October, an unusual occur- 

 rence so late. 



Larus argentatus, herring gull. 

 Five of these occasional visitants 

 recorded by J. Whitehead of 

 Tyer's Hill, 26th October. 



Alcedo ispida, kingfisher. Five 

 of these beautiful but unfor- 

 tunately rapidly decreasing birds 

 were observed flying in a westerly 

 direction from Dearne Valley by 

 Mr. H. Garland, on 28th Oct.— 

 Thos. Lister, Barnsley. 



Bradford Naturalists' 

 Society. — Meeting Jan. 11th., 

 Mr. E. Margerison, president, in 

 the chair. — The president's opening 

 address was on the question ''What 

 is a Naturalist He divided 

 naturalists into three classes, ob- 

 servers, describers, and collectors, 

 each of which he treated at some 

 length. The secretary read the 

 report of the past session, which 

 had only been a short one, but 

 during the time the Society had 

 made satisfactory progress. It now 

 numbers 20 members, being an 



