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BACKHOUSE : AVI-FAUNA OF UPPER TEESDALE. 



21. Accentor modularis. Hedg^e Sparrow. 



Resident and breeding. 

 2 2. Acredula rosea. English Long-tailed Titmouse. 



Seen now and then in the woods. Has been found nesting 

 by Mr. Wearmouth. 



23. Par us major. Great Titmouse. 



Pretty generally distributed throughout the wooded portions 

 of the valley. Breeds at Howgill. 



24. Parus britannicus. Cole Titmouse. 



Resident, and abundant in the woods. Nests regularly. 



25. Parus cseruleus. Blue Titmouse. 



Sedentary, and breeding. 



26. Certhia familiaris. Creeper. 



Resident. Breeds in the Bow Lees Woods. 



27. Troglodytes parvulus. Wren. 



Resident and breeding. 



28. Motacilla lugubris. Pied Wagtail. 



Sedentary, and very abundant in some parts. Breeds in 

 Langdon (Mr. Hood). 



29. Motacilla melanope. Grey Wagtail. 



Very abundant, and breeds throughout the valley. 



30. Motacilla rail. Yellow Wagtail. 



Regular summer visitant, breeding throughout the valley in 

 the pastures up to an elevation of 1,100 feet or so. 



31. Anthus pratensis. Meadow Pipit. Local name — Ling-Squeaker. 



One of the very commonest species in the district. Breeds 

 everywhere upon the moors. 



32. Anthus trivialis. Tree Pipit. 



Summer visitant, arriving in May. Fairly abundant in many 

 places, especially about Newbiggin and the Bow Lees Woods. 

 Breeds regularly. 



33. Lanius coUurio. Red-backed Shrike. 



An instance of the breeding of this south-country species in 

 Teesdale came to my knowledge four or five years ago. 

 The nest was found by my friend Mr, Wearmouth of Newbiggin, 

 by the Tees side near to that village, and was built in a low 

 thorn bush. It contained six eggs, one of them being now in 

 my own collection. I should have liked the whole clutch, but 

 Mr. W. preferred to keep the remainder for his own cabinet, which 

 already contains many interesting and valuable specimens. 



A bird of this species was said to have been picked up dead 

 upon Cronkley Scar-many years ago. 



Naturalist, 



