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alluvial bank of the river, where it flows into Windermere, but 

 I am not sure that broods are brought off there. Another 

 station is by Wray, in a thin patch of gravel (the Sammel of 

 the district) above a small quarry. 



Chimney Swallow. fiirundo rustica L. Summer 

 visitant. Present, but not abundant, as farmsteads and rafters 

 open to the air suitable for its nest-station are few. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker. Dendrocopus major (L. ). 



Bred regularly in the Park a few years back. Mr. H. E. Rawson 

 has taken young from the nest there. Mr. Wykeham-Martin 

 says, however, he never knew more than one nest in the season. 

 The present keeper has seen the bird but once, and in winter 

 when a pair were at work on an old tree. He shot one. I have 

 been unable to find it myself, nor has the squire seen it for eight 

 or more years. 



Common Cuckoo. Cuculus canorus L. Summer visitant. 



Fairly numerous. 



Common Swift. Cypselus apus (L.). Summer visitant. 

 Has no nesting accommodation in the parish ; but comes 

 regularly from Ambleside to hawk over the river. Pushes its 

 excursions into Rydal Head, and probably to the tops of the 

 range. 



Common Nightjar. Caprimulgus europseus L. Summer 

 visitant. Xests on the fell slopes by a wood edge in several 

 spots ; probably drawn by Typhceus vulgaris, which burrows in 

 great numbers, as well as the Dor beetle. 



Common Kingfisher. Alcedo ispida L. Occasional visitant. 

 Becoming possibly more frequent. A year ago neither the keeper 

 nor myself had seen it within the parish. Since then it has been 

 even seen upon the lake by myself and the woodman. Years ago 

 it attempted to nest in the bank at Fox How, but was flooded 

 out. It quite regularly attempts to nest about the junction of 

 the Brathay and Rothay, beyond the parish, and sometimes 

 succeeds, I believe. 



Wood Owl. Syrnium aluco L. Permanent resident. 

 Abundant. 



The Barn Owl appears not to be present, as neither wood- 

 man nor gamekeeper have seen it. It breeds, however, in the 

 vale of Esthwaite and in Grisedale. 



Sparrow Hawk. Accipiter nisus (L. ). Permanent resident. 

 Succeeds in nesting here occasionally, though it is shot. 



1902 August 1. 



