200 UPPER NIDDERDALE AND ITS FAUNA. 



Grey "Wagtail. Motacilla melanope. Fairly common in summer, 



much less so in winter. 

 Yellow Wagtail. Motacilla raii. A summer visitant, but not 



common. 



Meadow Pipit. Anthus pratensis. A common resident, occurring 

 to a great elevation on the grassy hills. Local names : ' titling/ 

 ' moor pout.' 



Tree Pipit. Anthus trivialis. A fairly common summer visitant. 

 Great Grey Shrike. Lanius excuhitor. An occasional winter 



visitant. One shot at Wilsill in 1884, another in 1885. 

 Waxwing. Ampelis garrulus. An irregular winter visitant. A 



pair in Mr. Yorke's collection were shot in the Bewerley 



Woods. 



Spotted Flycatcher. Muscicapa grisola. A common summer 

 visitant. 



Pied Flycatcher. Muscicapa atricapilla. A local and not 

 numerous summer visitant, breeding at Brimham, Guyscliffe, 

 Pateley, Wath, Ramsgill, and as high as Lofthouse. 



Swallow. Hirundo rustiea. A common summer visitant, observed 

 above Angram, and as high up the dale as 1,100 feet. 



Martin. Chelidon urbica. A common summer visitant, observed 

 above Angram, and up to 1,150 feet. 



Sand Martin. Cotile riparia. A common summer visitant, 

 occurring to 1,100 feet above Angram, and on Greenhow Hill, 

 1,400 feet. 



Goldfinch. Carduelis elegans. Not very uncommon in winter ; has 

 twice nested in the dale. Locally called ' redcap.' 



Siskin. Chrysomitris spinus. A winter visitant. During the winter 

 of 1885-6 a large flock frequented the alders bordering the Nidd, 

 near Pateley, 



Greenfinch. Ligurinus chloris. A common resident. 



Hawfinch. Coccothraustes vulgaris. An uncommon resident. 



Only lately detected in the dale. 

 Sparrow. Passer domesticus. An abundant resident up to Angram. 

 Tree Sparrow. Passer montanus. A resident, but not common, 



and much overlooked. 

 Chaffinch. Fringilla ccelebs. A common resident. Locally known 



as the 'bullspink.' Observed above Angram, at 1,050 feet. 

 Brambling. Fringilla montifringilla. A winter visitant, noted in 



small flocks during the seasons of 1884 and 1885. 

 Linnet. Linota cannabina. A resident, but not. so common as 



formerly, owing to the numbers captured for sale. Local names : 



'robin linnet,' 'grey linnet.' 



, Naturalist, 



