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Field Notes. 



carrying food to them. A few days later I heard of a brood 

 having- been seen a few miles away, which I think must have 

 been another family. A week later I came across the brood I 

 had previously seen a short distance from the tree where I first 

 saw it. The parents of the young were very bold, and my 

 presence did not disturb them from their duty towards the 

 nestlings. 



The fact that the breeding of these Tits has not been 

 recorded in this district for over thirteen years made their 

 reappearance very interesting. — Walter Wilson, Skipton-in- 

 Craven. 



Pied Rooks in Nidderdale. — To day I saw a very interest- 

 ing specimen of the common Rook near Hampsthwaite Station. 

 The back, breast, and wings were plentifully bespattered with 

 white, giving the bird a very striking appearance, especially 

 when on the wing. Contrary to one's usual experience with 

 conspicuous varieties, the bird was not at all wild or shy ; 

 indeed, it was comparatively tame. Inquiries resulted in the 

 information that it had been in the district four or five years, 

 and came regularly into the Station-master's yard for food. It 

 would almost take food out of the hands of the Station-master's 

 wife. A plate-layer has twice endeavoured to end its life with 

 a gun, but each attempt has, I am glad to say, resulted in 

 failure. Crossing over the Stray at Harrogate about an hour 

 afterwards, I saw another Pied Rook with a lot of white 

 feathers on the back and wings. — R. Fortune, Harrogate, 

 November i8th, 1907. 



LEPIDOPTBRA. 

 Butalis fuscO'Cuprea at Luddenden Foot. — I am pleased 

 to record that on July 14th, 1907, I captured a male Butalis 

 fusco-ciiprea here. I have submitted the insect to Mr. G. T. 

 Porritt, and he confirms my determination. I believe this is the 

 first record for the West Riding. This moth has only been 

 recorded previously from two places in Yorkshire, viz., Evering- 

 ham (near York), and Scarborough. — A. Gibson-Robertshaw^ 

 Luddenden Foot, near Halifax. 



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 NBUROPTBRA. 

 Metamorphosis of the Caddis. — A caddis has just dropped 

 its * house ' to the bottom of the aquarium, 27th May, 10 a.m., 

 and is now on the side trying to get rid of its skin. This took 



Naturalist, 



