E. CHAPMAN : LIST OF WENSLEYDALE BIRDS. 



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Whimbrel. One shot on Stake Moor, by Mr. F. Chapman, Thornton 



Rust, about 1874. 

 Sandpiper. Summer resident; common, ascending the small streams 



to over 1,500 feet on Carperby Moor. 

 Green Sandpiper. Casual. One shot about Preston by one of Lord 



Bolton's keepers in 1883. 

 Bar-tailed Godwit. Casual. Three shot out of a flock on Scarrow- 



fell Moor, Carperby, in 1872. 

 Ruff. Female shot at pond, Carperby, in 1873. I saw the male 



at the same time, but did not obtain it. 

 Woodcock. Winter visitant ; not known to breed. 

 Snipe. Resident ; common. 

 Jack Snipe. Winter visitant ; not common. 



Little Stint. Casual. Several have been met with at various times 



on Thornton Rust Moor. 

 Schinz's Sandpiper. One obtained at Wensley, by the Hon. T. O. 



Powlett, in 1883, and now in the collection of the Hon. W. T. O. 



Powlett, Wensley Hall. [Schinz's Sandpiper is only a small 



Dunlin to which this name was given by Brelun. — Ed.] 

 Dunlin. Rare. Used to visit the pond (now drained) at Carperby 



in spring. Breeds about Summer Lodge Tarn, Askrigg Moor. 

 Corncrake. Summer resident ; common, especially in the lower part 



of the dale. 



Spotted Crake. One shot near Hawes, 1868, by Captain Metcalfe, 

 Ings House, Hawes • two shot on Thornton Moor, by Mr. F. 

 Chapman, about 1873. 



Water Rail. Not uhfrequent in winter in Freeholder's Wood, 

 Carperby. 



Moorhen. Resident ; common. 



Coot. Resident; breeds at Locker Tarn, Carperby, and at Semerwater. 

 Bean Goose. Winter visitant. 



Swans. Visit Semerwater occasionally, and various parts of the Yore. 



I am unable to say to which species they belong. 

 Shieldrake. Visits Semerwater occasionally. 



Shoveller. Casual. A pair were shot by Mr. J. Lodge, the Rookery, 



Bishopdale, and are now in his possession. 

 Wild Duck. Resident; frequent. 

 Teal. Resident ; breeds near Locker Tarn, Carperby. 

 Widgeon. Rare winter visitant. 



Scoter. Casual. Visits Semerwater occasionally ; one shot there by 



Mr. P. Beresford in 1868. 

 Pochard. Occasional winter visitant. 



June 1886. 



