. A history of British birds / by the Rev. F. O. Morris . her parts, andhas been met with near Askern, and at Scarborough, in thegarden of Dr. Murray, and in Rain cliff Wood near that town,as communicated to the Naturalist, old series, by Mr. PatrickHawkridge, in volume ii., p. 385. One was shot nearBarnsley, by Dr. Farrar; at Hebden Bridge it is met withrarely; it is frequent about Sheffield, but rather rare nearLeeds. Xear Halifax a few pairs breed every summer, andothers in several localities near Doncaster, as at Wadsworth,Hutmoor, and Rossington; a few also near Bridlington; andat Butterc
. A history of British birds / by the Rev. F. O. Morris . her parts, andhas been met with near Askern, and at Scarborough, in thegarden of Dr. Murray, and in Rain cliff Wood near that town,as communicated to the Naturalist, old series, by Mr. PatrickHawkridge, in volume ii., p. 385. One was shot nearBarnsley, by Dr. Farrar; at Hebden Bridge it is met withrarely; it is frequent about Sheffield, but rather rare nearLeeds. Xear Halifax a few pairs breed every summer, andothers in several localities near Doncaster, as at Wadsworth,Hutmoor, and Rossington; a few also near Bridlington; andat Buttercrambe Wood, and at Langwith. It is not uncommonin the county of Rutland, in the neighbourhood of Uppingham,so R. W. Hawkins, Esq., of Rugeley, and also J. R. Little,Esq., of St. Johns College, Cambridge, have written me word;and the latter gentleman adds that it has been found veryfrequently of late years in Cambridgeshire. In Sussex it hasbeen noticed near Eastbouine; in Surrej^ near Tooting; andin Middlesex, a few miles from London; also in Hampshire,. GEASSHOPPER WAEELEE. GO Dorsetshire, near Kingsbrklge, in Devonsh^re; Gloiicestersliirs,Cornwall, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cumberland, Nortiiumberiand. andDurham; in Wiltshire on Malmesbury Common, Deruvshire,Oxfordshire, and also in Wales. In Scotland it has been seen at Musselburgh, near Edin-burgh; in Ayrshire, and in Galloway, at New Abbey. In Ireland also it is a regular summer visitant to sutablelocalities from south to north. The neighbourhood of Belfast,in the counties of Down and Antrim, Carriekfergus, Killaloe,in the County Clare, Wexford, Clonmel, and Youghal, arementioned by the late William Thomi»son, Esq. among; others. Eesorting o the close shelter of hedgres, underwood, ^edgyplaces, and thickets, this bird is for the most part out ofsight, and is chiefly visible in the morning. It is another of our migratory species, arriving in thiscountry about the middle of April, and leaving us agam inSeptember. One has been picke
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