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The Naturali>^t. 



Wood wren (5]?//r'V/ s-'/JvicoIa). — Common in Bingley Wood and 

 (Toit Stock Valley, bur -eems partial to some parts of the wood, and to 



prefer woods of old growth to young plantations. 



Goldcre>t ( R s ^' /x). — A common bird in winter, though I 

 have not sue'.-, cde 1 in niiding its nest in this locality up to present 

 time, but it perhaps breeds occasionally, for I saw a brood in Cot- 

 tinglev ]^Ioor plantation in l'^"^!. which T felt sure had been bred 

 there. It however breeds plentifully about Drebley. in Upper Wharfe- 

 dale. especially in fir trees of considerable age ; and I cannot assign 

 any particular reason why it should not breed here more commonly. 



Cole tit [ Parus ate)'). — Plentiful in winter, but it only occasionally 



remains to breed. 



Marsh tit {Parm palustris^. — Not quite so common in winter as the 

 last-namied. but a few more remain to breed, although it is by no 

 means common in the breeding season. 



Ltm^o -tailed tit ' ^ (ulatus). — Breeds occasionally. I found a 



5 ■ " '"^w years since, built in a holly hedge. It was an exquisite 

 workmanship, and greatly excited my admiration. I have 

 known of but two nests, neither of which had two holes, as Mr. Selby 

 asserts — one for ingress and the other for egress. 



Grey wagtail [Mo^aciJh. hoar^da). — A pair or two breed annually in 

 the G'v'r >:ock Vallev. particularly near the waterfall, where the " dun 

 umbrage o'er the fallen stream romantic hangs." Here it is at home, 

 consorting with the dipper. 



Eay's wagtail.- — This is one of the species that seems to have a 

 ; ■ V ' for certain localities in which to breed — returning year after 

 yc;ir. a> I have known it. to nest about a particular slope of a meadow 

 field, or more often in clayey fallow or cornfields, especially where 

 coltsfoot grows, under the leaves of which I have frequently found its 

 nest. 



Hawfinch ( Fj'ingilla coccctlirausfes). — A pair bred in the neighbour- 

 hood of Bingley in the year L^78. 



Lesser redpoll. — Breeds plentifully about !Manywells and Cottingiey 

 Moor plantation. 



Twite {Friugilla monthnn). — Common on the high moors in the 

 district. ]xirticularly about Dcnholrne. where it breeds in great 

 numbers. It occasionally breeds neor the village. 



Bullfinch (Loxia pyrrJiuh). — One of Mr. Ferrand's gamekeepers 

 tells me a pair breed about St. Ives nearly every year. It used to 



