184 E. CHAPMAN: LIST OF WENSLEYDALE BIRDS. 



Raven. Resident; breeds at Raven Scar, Walden Head, and 



occasionally at Ellerkin, near Askrigg. 

 Carrion Crow. Resident ; common on the moors. 

 Hooded Crow. Occasional visitor. 

 Book. Resident; abundant. 

 Jackdaw. Resident; abundant. 



Magpie. Resident ; common. Last year a curious albino was shot 



near West Burton — the parts which are normally black were 



of a faint rusty-brown colour. 

 Jay. Very rare. One seen in Freeholders' Wood about 1865. Not 



known to breed in the dale. 

 Waxwing. Rare visitor. In the winter of 1869 they were tolerably 



common. 



Creeper. Resident ; pretty abundant in the woods of the lower part 

 of the valley. 



Green Woodpecker. Not unfrequent ; breeds. Two shot last year 

 in Woodhall Scar Wood. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker. Occasionally seen in Pass Wood, near 

 Redmire, and in Bear Park Wood, Carperby ; one shot in 

 Rabbit Warren plantation, by Mr. John Waller, in 1878. 



Cuckoo. Summer resident ; common. 



Night-jar. Resident ; frequently seen about Freeholders' and Haw- 

 bank Woods, Carperby, and Leyburn Shawl Wood. 



Swift. Summer visitant ; common ; breeds at Bolton and Middleham 

 Castles. 



Swallow. Summer visitant ; common. 

 House Martin. Summer visitant ; common. 

 Sand Martin. Summer visitant ; common. 

 Pied Wagtail. Summer visitant ; common. 

 Grey Wagtail. Summer visitant ; common. 

 Yellow Wagtail. Summer visitant ; common. 

 Meadow Pipit. Summer visitant ; abundant. 

 Tree Pipit. Summer visitant ; common. 

 Skylark. Resident; abundant. 



Snow Bunting. Winter visitant; sometimes plentiful, though very 



irregular in its appearance. 

 Common Bunting. Resident; common. 



Black-headed Bunting. Summer visitant ; not common, but breeds 



every year near Carperby. 

 Yellow Bunting. Resident; common. 

 Chaffinch. Resident; abundant. 



Mountain Finch. Frequent in autumn in the larch plantations. 



Naturalist, 



