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LIST OF WENSLEYDALE BIRDS. 



E. CHAPMAN. 

 Carperby, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire. 



The following is a list of birds I have personally observed in 

 Wensleydale, or that have been shot in the dale, and passed 

 through my hands for preservation, within the last thirty years. 

 Buzzard. Casual ; was common about forty years ago ; rarely 

 seen now. 



Rough-legged Buzzard. Casual, though not unfrequently met with. 



Three shot in 1883. 

 Peregrine. Casual ; very rare. A male shot on Dod Fell, above 



Hawes, in 1873. 

 Merlin. Resident ; frequent on the moors. 

 Kestrel. Resident ; common. 

 Sparrowhawk. Resident; frequent. 



Hen Harrier. Casual. One shot in Bolton Gill, 1870, by Captain 

 Other, Elm House, Redmire ; another in Howdah Wood, Bain- 

 bridge, about the same time. Both were females. 



Short-eared Owl. Casual ; frequent among the heather in the 

 breeding season, but I have never seen a nest. 



Long-eared Owl. Casual; rare. 



Tawny Owl. Resident ; common in the woods in the lower part of 

 the valley. 



Barn Owl. Resident. This bird is becoming rare ; ten years ago 

 it was abundant. 



Great Grey Shrike. Casual. One shot in Freeholders' Wood, 

 Carperby, 1865; another on Woodhall Scar in 1866; one shot 

 by the Hon. W. T. O. Powlett, Wensley Hall, in Bolton Hall 

 Wood, 1883. 



Red-backed Shrike. Casual ; very rare. A pair seen near Eastholme 



Bridge, 1882, and a male shot near Carperby in 1872. 

 Great Titmouse. Resident; common. 

 Cole Titmouse. Resident ; not common. 

 Blue Titmouse. Resident; common. 

 Marsh Titmouse. Resident; common. 



Long-tailed Titmouse. Resident ; pretty abundant in the lower 

 part of the dale. 



Pied Flycatcher. Summer resident ; comparatively rare. A pair 



usually breed about Bear Park. 

 Spotted Flycatcher. Summer resident ; common. 

 Kingfisher. Resident ; frequent. 



June 1886. 



