204 UPPER NIDDERDALE AND ITS FAUNA. 



Golden Plover. Charadrius pluvialis. A summer visitant, breeding 



on the moors up to 2,500 feet. Occasionally seen in winter. 

 Ringed Plover. iEgialitis hiaticula. One shot on the Nidd at 



Pateley several years ago, by Mr. Horner. 

 Dotterel. Eudromias morinellus. One shot on Pateley Moor 



several years ago, by Mr. Wm. Thorpe, and another by Mr. C. 



Beck, on Pateley Moor, in the autumn of 1884. 

 Lapwing. Vanellus vulgaris. A common resident, locally known 



as the ' tewitt,' ' pewitt,' ' teafitt ' (pronounced ' tearnt '). 

 Qystercatcher. Hsematopus ostralegus. A pair observed on 



Greenhow Hill, in May 1880. 

 Woodcock. Scolopax rusticula. A resident, breeding in very limited 



numbers. Not uncommon in winter. 

 Common Snipe. Gallinago ccelestis. A common resident. 

 Jack Snipe. Lymnocryptes gallinula. A common winter visitant. 

 Dunlin. Tringa alpina. A summer visitant ; a few pairs nesting 



annually on the moorlands. 

 Common Sandpiper. Tringoides hypoleucus. A common summer 



visitant, occurring up to the source of the Nidd. 

 Green Sandpiper. Helodromas ochropus. One shot in September 



1885, on Heathfield Moor, near Pateley, by Mr. E. Yorke. 

 Curlew. Numenius arquata. A common summer visitant to the 



moorlands. 



Common Gull. Larus canus. A spring and autumn visitant to the dale. 

 Lesser Black-backed Gull. Larus fuscus. Like the last, a spring 



and autumn visitant. 

 Skua. Stercorarius catarrhactes. Caught near Pateley in 1864, 



and now in the Bewerley Hall collection, 

 Storm Petrel. Procellaria pelagica. One found dead at Dacre 



Banks, by Mr. J. W. Whitley, in the winter of 1865. 

 Little Grebe. Tachybaptes fluviatilis. Resident; breeding at 



Fellback ; often seen in winter. 



REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. 



The list of reptiles and amphibians is somewhat meagre, and when 

 further attention is paid to these animals we may expect to include 

 the Great Warty Newt, which has never yet been reported. 

 Viper. Vipera berus. Local name : ' hag-worm.' Common on 

 the moors. 



Common Lizard. Lacerta vivipara. Local names 1 'askerd,' 'asker/ 

 'aask.' Common in old stone heaps, old walls, in woods, and 

 wherever a lot of rubbish has accumulated. 



Naturalist, 



