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whilst amongst the undergrowth of bracken, &c., the peculiar Endo- 

 trichaftammealis abounded. Of butterflies Bertram Daltry believed he 

 saw Apatura Iris, but it was flying too high to be quite certain about 

 it ; he had, however, seen the species on the wing more than once in 

 Kent, so probably it was that species, especially as a few days after- 

 wards we saw a fine female example alive in a collector's box taken in 

 Stubby Copse. 



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NOTES ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BINGLEY. 







By James Varley. 



On April 2nd, 1877, I went to Bingley with part of my collection of 

 natural history objects, to an exhibition which was held in the 

 Mechanics' Institute, and was opened on the 3rd April by Benjamin 

 Broadbent, Esq., president. I stayed all the time it was open as 

 curator, and made a few notes of the place, and the natural productions 

 in which it abounds. 



The town is a thriving little place, the manufacture of worsted 

 goods being the staple trade, The Midland railway runs through it, 

 and it is situated on the left bank of the river Aire. There are some 

 very ancient buildings in and about it, and on the south side many 

 hiUocks are thrown up, which an old inhabitant told me were old lime 

 quarries, from which they have in former days got a kind of slate 

 lime. There is a very nice people's park, which, from its high eleva- 

 tion above the town, and the romantic scenery around, may be made 

 one of the finest in the kingdom. From here the river Aire may be 

 traced winding its way for a great many miles. 



One morning I had a walk to St. Ives, the seat of Wm. Fefrand 

 Esq., and on my way I saw the following birds : — Phasianus colcMcus, 

 Perdix cinerea^ Columba palumbus, and a great many of the genus 

 Turdus, as T. viscivorus, T. musicus, and T. memla\ Fringilla ccelebs, 

 Coccothraustes cJiloris, Parus major, P. cceruleus, P. palustris, and P. 

 caudatus ; Accentor modularis, &c. These woods also abound with game. 



On the ] 2th April there was a very strong frost in the morning, 

 and at the Druids' Altar I found ice one-eighth of an inch thick. I 

 noted the following birds : — Falco tinnunculus, Columba livia, Siurnus 

 vulgaris — all breeding in the rocks. I also saw Turdus torquatuSy 

 Vanellus cristatus, and Sylvia trochilus, the first spring migrant I had 

 seen here, and it was in full song. On the 14th I went to the 

 people's park, and saw the linnet, Linota cannabina ; lesser redpole. 



