160 A HAND-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Resident and Minter-visitor. Breeds 

 in small numbers Perth, Argyll, and more commonly Inverness^ 

 Ross, Sutherland, Caithness and O. Hebrides, and occasionally Skye 

 and Orkneys. To Shetlands very rare visitor, but has possibly bred. 

 Elsewhere uncommon winter-visitor (Oct. -May) and rarest of the 

 Divers (except G. adamsii). Especially rare west coast England 

 and Wales and in Ireland. Rare vagrant inland. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Northern part of Northern Hemisphere, 

 south in winter to Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Seas, in 

 America casually to Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Ohio, and New 

 York. 



GAVIA STELLATA* 



344. Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan)— THE RED-THROATED 

 DIVER. 



COLYMBUS STELLATUS Pontoppidan, Danske Atlas, i, p. 621 (1763 — Ex 



AVillvighby, pi. 62. Denmark). 



Colymbiis scptentrionalis Linnaeus, Yarrell, iv, p. 112 ; Saunders, p. 715. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Resident and winter-visitor. Breeds 

 from south Inverness northwards, in Orkneys, Shetlands and O. 

 Hebrides, and in one locality Ulster. Otherwise common winter- 

 visitor to all coasts, and often ascends rivers and visits inland 

 waters. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Northern part of Northern Hemisphere. 

 In winter south to Algeria, Black and Caspian Seas, south China ; 

 in America to California, Maine, and Florida. 



COLUMBA PALUMBUS 



345. Columba palumbus palumbus L.— THE WOOD-PIGEON. 



CoLUMBA PALUMBUS Linnapus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 163 (1758—" Europe, 



Asia." Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Columba palumbus Linnaeus, Yarrell, in, p. 1 ; Saunders, p. 479. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Resident. Generally distributed, but 

 only passage-migrant Shetlands, though breeds sparingly Orkneys 

 and O. Hebrides. Considerable immigration east coast Great 

 Britain autumn and return spring. Generally more abundant 

 winter, but varies in numbers and localities affected. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Europe generally, as far east as Persia, 

 and in north-west Africa. Replaced by closely -allied forms in 

 Azores, Madeira, and central Asia. 



* Pontoppidan's name is certain, and antedates Linnseus's C. septen- 

 trionalis. — E.H. 



