. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . to WILLOW WARBLER. 83 parts of the county : at Hovingham on the 26th October,and at Danby on the 21st of the same month in 1879 ! ^^Ripon on 7th October 1881 ; at Richmond Park, Sheffield,•on 3rd September 1900 ; and as late as 3rd October 1879,and 4th October 1895, at Ackworth {ZooL 1901, p. 452).Mr. J. Ranson {Nat. 1864, p. 8y), comments on the partialityof this species for the fruit of the cherry and currant. Numerous instances in Yorkshire are known where thenest has been met with in elevated situations
. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . to WILLOW WARBLER. 83 parts of the county : at Hovingham on the 26th October,and at Danby on the 21st of the same month in 1879 ! ^^Ripon on 7th October 1881 ; at Richmond Park, Sheffield,•on 3rd September 1900 ; and as late as 3rd October 1879,and 4th October 1895, at Ackworth {ZooL 1901, p. 452).Mr. J. Ranson {Nat. 1864, p. 8y), comments on the partialityof this species for the fruit of the cherry and currant. Numerous instances in Yorkshire are known where thenest has been met with in elevated situations ; of these thefollowing may be cited :—one at York at the end of a branch■of an Austrian pine nine feet from the ground, and anotherin a clump of pinks (Zool. 1892, p. 150), and one at Mashamin a yew tree four feet above the ground. Spotless eggs are•occasionally found. Of vernacular names Featherpoke is general; Peggy is3. West Riding appellation ; Jim Jam is used in the NiddValley; Ground ^^ren, Grass Wren, Grass Warbler, in•east Cleveland, are used for both the Willow
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