UPPER NIDDERDALE AND ITS FAUNA. 1 99 



Whinchat. Pratincola rubetra. A common summer visitant, 



occurring in the valley up to 1,000 feet. 

 Stonechat. Pratincola rubicola. Rare; nested at Guyscliffe in 1884, 



and at Fellbeck in 1885. 

 Redstart. Ruticilla phcenicurus. A fairly common summer 



visitant, occurring as high up the dale as Lofthouse. Local 



names : ' wrenny,' i wrenny redtail.' 

 Redbreast. Erithacus rubecula. A common resident. 

 Whitethroat. Sylvia cinerea. A summer visitant, and common. 



Locally called ' big peggy,' and ' big peggy whitethroat.' 

 Lesser Whitethroat. Sylvia curruca. A summer visitant ; not so 



common as the last named. 

 Blackcap. Sylvia atricapilla. A summer visitant, occurring 



sparingly in the wooded portions of the dale. 

 Garden Warbler. Sylvia hortensis. A common summer visitant. 



Locally known as the 'hairtail.' 

 Goldcrest. Regulus cristatus. A resident, breeding sparingly ; 



more numerous in winter. 

 Chiffchaff. Phylloscopus rufus. A summer visitor to the woodlands. 

 Willow Wren. Phylloscopus trochilus. A common summer 



visitant ; and, along with the last, confounded with the Lesser 



Whitethroat. 



Wood Wren. Phylloscopus sibilatrix. A summer visitant, not 



uncommon in the woodlands below Ramsgill. 

 Sedge Warbler. Acrocephalus phragmitis. A pretty generally 



distributed summer visitant. 

 Grasshopper Warbler. Locustella naevia. A summer visitant, 



occurring sparingly as high as Lofthouse. 

 Hedge Accentor. Accentor modularis. A common resident. 

 Long-tailed Titmouse. Acredula rosea. A common resident in 



the wooded portions of the dale. 

 Great Titmouse. Parus major. A common resident, locally called 



' great billy bluecap.' 

 Coal Titmouse. Parus britannicus. A fairly common resident. 

 Marsh Titmouse. Parus palustris. A fairly common resident. 

 Blue Titmouse. Parus cseruleus. A common resident, and locally 



known as ' billy blue-cap.' 

 Creeper. Certhia familiaris. A resident ; fairly common. 

 Wren. Troglodytes parvulus. A common resident, occurring in 



the valley as high as 1,100 feet. Local names: 'tommy tit,' 



* jenny wren.' 



Pied Wagtail. Motacilla lugubris. A common resident, and 

 local ly known as the ' water wagtail,' and ' waggy.' 



July 1886. 



