92 A HAND-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



190. Troglodytes troglodytes hirtensis Seeb. — THE ST. KILDA 



WREN. 



Troglodytes hirtensis Seebohm, Zoologist, 1884, p. 333 (St. Kilda). 

 Troglodytes parvvlns K. L. Koch, Yarrell, i, p. 460 (part) : Saunders, 

 p. 115 (part) ; T. t. hirtensis Seeb., Hartert, Brit. B., i, p. 219. 



Distribution. — Confined to St. Kilda (O. Hebrides), where it is 

 resident, 



191. Troglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus Hart. — THE SHET- 

 LAND WREN. 



Troglodytes troglodytes zetlandicus Hartert, Yog. pal. Fauna, i, 

 p. 777 (1910— Shetland Islands). 



Troglodytes pan'ulus K. L. Koch, Yarrell, i, p. 460 (part) ; Saunders, 

 p. 115 (part) ; T. t. zetlandicus, Hartert, Brit. B., iv, p. 134. 



Distribution. — Confined to Shetlands, where it is resident. The 

 Wren inhabiting Fair Isle appears to differ from this form. 



CINCLUS CINCLUS 



192. Cinclus cinclus cinclus (L.)— THE BLACK-BELLIED 

 DIPPER. 



Stltrxus Cincll^s Linnteus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 168 (1758 — " Habitat 



in Europa." Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Cinclus melanogaster, Yarrell, i, p. 244 (in text) ; Saunders, p. 97 (in text). 



Distribution. — England. — Vagrant. Has occurred several times 

 in Norfolk and Yorks. from Oct. to Feb. Examples said to have 

 been of this form have also been recorded from Suffolk, Xotts., 

 and Salop, and from Spiggie (Shetlands). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Scandinavia and north Russia, Russian 

 Baltic Provinces and apparently to East Prussia. In winter in 

 small numbers in north-east Germany and east Russia. Replaced 

 by allied races in Germany, the Pyrenees, Spain, Alps and Italy, 

 Corsica and Sardinia, north-west Africa, south-east Europe, the 

 Caucasus, west and central Asia and Siberia. 



193. Cinclus cinclus britannicus Tschusi — THE BRITISH 



DIPPER. 



Cinclus cinclus britannicus Tschusi, Orn. Jalirb., xiii, p. 69 (1902 — 

 Great Britain). 



Cinclus aquaticus Bechstein, Yarrell, i, p. 241 (part) ; Saunders, p. 97 

 (part) ; C. c. britannicus Tsch., Hartert, Brit. B., i, p. 220. 



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

 Resident in west and north England and in Wales, where there are 

 quickly running rocky streams, but only a rare vagrant to counties 

 east of Dorset, Somerset, Gloucester, Hereford, Salop, Staffs., and 

 Derby. Also very scarce in east Yorks., and Durham. Scotland. — 

 Generally distributed except in Orkneys, where only twice occurred, 



