. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . e late Rev. Chaloner of Newton Kyme, who wrote in 1886 : As faras I can remember—and that is sixty years ago—the appear-ance of the Nightingale in this district is very rare ; the firstwas at Woodhall many years ago, the next time was atStockeld Park. In 1846, one at Colonel Gunters, WetherbyGrange, where, alas, I saw a blackguard at two oclock inthe morning with a cage, and two or three nights afterwardsits song ceased, so I presume he caught it. The next I heardhere was in 1866. The last here this spr
. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . e late Rev. Chaloner of Newton Kyme, who wrote in 1886 : As faras I can remember—and that is sixty years ago—the appear-ance of the Nightingale in this district is very rare ; the firstwas at Woodhall many years ago, the next time was atStockeld Park. In 1846, one at Colonel Gunters, WetherbyGrange, where, alas, I saw a blackguard at two oclock inthe morning with a cage, and two or three nights afterwardsits song ceased, so I presume he caught it. The next I heardhere was in 1866. The last here this spring. A pair wasreported to have built in the vicarage hedge at Thorparcha number of years ago, but the nest was taken. Its nestingnear Bramham has already been alluded to prior to 1844,and in more recent years it has been known to resort to thatplace, and to Skewkirk. Tunstall, one hundred years ago,informed Latham that near Abberford, particularly nearHazlewood, the seat of Sir Walter Vavasour, it is extremelylavish in song. Near Harrogate, the Nightingale was first noticed on. M NIGHTINGALE. 57 2ist April 1883, and for three consecutive years it madeits appearance in the same copse in which it first same pair of birds was beheved to come back year afteryear. The nest, a remarkably flimsy structure, was built ina tuft of nettles, and contained four eggs. The young werefully fledged on the i6th of June, and left the nest the nextday, one egg remaining unhatched. Some days before theyleft the nest, the notes of the male bird were changed intoa call-note, and an angry jarring croak, which it utteredon a near approach. The next year (1884) they appearedagain on the 20th April; this year they were evidentlydisturbed in their nesting operations by the crowds of peoplethat visited the copse nightly. In 1885 the male bird onlyWcLS seen, and he disappeared early in June. In 1886 noNightingale appeared, nor was any heard in the 1882 a pair attempted to ne
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