44 A HAND -LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Orkneys and Shetlands ; well distributed most I. Hebrides, but rare 

 Skye, and apparently unkno^^^l Eigg ; unkno\^Ti O. Hebrides. 



Migrations. — British Isles. — Generally considered subject only to 

 local movements, but has occurred as a migrant at Isle of May in 

 autumn. 



PARUS ATER 



91. Parus ater ater L.— THE CONTINENTAL COAL- 

 TITMOUSE. 



Parus ater Linnaeus, Syst. Xat., ed. x, i, p. 190 (1758 — "Habitat in 



Eiiropa." Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Parus ater Linnaeus, Yarrell, i, p. 489 (part) ; Saunders, p. 105 (part). 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Said to be occasional visitor to east 

 coast England, but we know of only two specimens (in Mr. J. H. 

 Gurney's coll.), viz. : Northrepps (Norfolk), Jan. 15, 1866 ; Laken- 

 ham, Norwich, spring, 1866 (c/. Birds Europe, ni, p. 88). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Europe and north Asia, but replaced 

 by allied races in Sardinia, probably Spain and Portugal, and in 

 Marocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, Cj^rus, Crimea, Caucasus, and parts 

 of Asia. 



92. Parus ater britannicus Sharpe and Dresser — THE BRITISH 

 COAL-TITMOUSE. 



Parus britannicus Sharpe and Dresser, Ann. & Mag. Xat. Hist., ser. 4, 

 VIII, p. 437 (1871— England). 



Parus ater Linnaeus, Yarrell, i, p. 489 (part) ; Saunders, p. 105 (part). 

 P. a. britannicus Sharpe & Dresser, Hartert, Brit. B., i, p. 213. 



Distribution. — Confined to Great Britain. England and Wales. — 

 Resident. Generally distributed, more especially in wooded parts. 

 Scotland. — Resident. Generally distributed, except Caithness, 

 where very rarely observed,* and in Shetlands, Orkneys, and 

 O. Hebrides, where unkno\^Ti. 



Migrations. — British Isles. — Generally considered as subject to 

 local movements only, but has been observed on autumn-migration 

 at Isle of May and Bass Rock. 



93. Parus ater hibernicus Ogilvie-Grant— THE IRISH COAL- 

 TITMOUSE. 



Parus hibernicus Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B.O.C., xxvii, p. 37 (31.xii.l910— 

 Ireland). 



* Records from Wick (Caithness) in autumn may be referable to Parus 

 a. ater. 



