Lister : Autumn Birds at Barnsley. 



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Sept. 14. — Anas bosckas, wild duck. Immense flocks noted flying 

 south and south-west. 



Sept. 15. — Corvus Cofnix, hooded crow. Early for this migrant 

 from Norway. 



Oct. 16. — Scolopax ruslicola, woodcock. Seen by J. Jagger, keeper, 

 Worsborough. 



Oct. 21. — Motacilla sidphurea, grey or grey-and-yellow wagtail, at 

 Taylor's warm ponds in the town ; also in Dearne valley. 



Oct. 26. — Turdus pilaris^ fieldfare. A flock, estimated at 2000, 

 near Tickhill, flitting over the stubble-fields — the earliest date we 

 have to record this year. 



Nov. 6. — Turdus iliacus, redwing. First seen by me on the fields 

 and trees near Old Town. 



Nov. 15. — Fuligula clanc/ula, golden eye. Seventy seen on Dunford 

 reservoir, on the moors, by Mr. C. Wemyss. ^ 



The above are the chief regular migrants from north to south 

 noted or recorded to me. Of the partial migrants, the rarer resident - 

 birds, and occasional visitants, we note the following : — 



Sept. 24. — Biiteo vulgaris, the buzzard, shot on the moors beyond 

 Penistone : in the possession of Mr. G. Horne. 



Oct. 16. — Regulus cridatus, golden-crested regulus, reported to me 

 by the Eev. J. Mason, at Pindar Oaks. 



Oct. 24. — Scolopax major, great snipe. Three noted in. the Dearne 

 valley, with the common snipe. It is rare ; I had one brought from 

 same part a dozen years back. A few reported since. 



Oct. 24. — Totanus Jiypoleucus, common sandpiper, same place. It 

 breeds by the moorland streams. 



Nov. 15. — Ardea cinerea, the heron. Five noted by Mr. 0. Wemyss 

 at Cannon Hall. 



Nov. 18. — Buteo vulgaris, a second buzzard this autumn. It was 

 4ft. 3in. in extent of wings, and about 2ft. from back to tail. 



Dec. 27. — Scolopax major, great snipe. Shot in the town of 

 Barnsley, an unprecedented occurrence. 



Dec. 28. — Botaurus stellaris, bittern. A fine male procured from 

 Worsborough Park, three miles south of Barnsley. 



Nightingale. A nest was found by Mr Z. Schofield at Warren, 

 making the fourth pair of these birds breeding in this district. 

 Barnsley, December, 1876, 



