INTRODUCTION. XV 
A locality in Devon for the Dartford Warbler (p. 16) is, or 
was, Bickleigh Vale, near Plymouth (Moore, Trans. Plym. 
Inst. 1830, p. 304) ; ditto, in Oxfordshire, Stonwood Beckley 
(‘ Zoologist,’ 1849, p. 2597) ; ditto, in Leicestershire, Melton 
Mowbray (Harley, /. c.); ditto, in Derbyshire, Melbourne 
Common (Briggs, ‘ Zoologist, 1849, p. 2486). The Fire- 
crested Wren (p. 19) is unknown in Ireland. For a note on 
the habits of the Crested Titmouse (p. 20) as observed in 
Scotland, cf. Saxby, ‘ Zoologist,’ 1862, p. 7998. Its acci- 
dental occurrence in Yorkshire is confirmed, ‘ Zoologist,’ 
1872, p. 3021. Major Irby says this bird is resident and 
very common in the cork woods of Almoraima, ten miles from 
Gibraltar, and found in all the districts in the vicinity where 
there are any cork-trees, in which they nest. As it also breeds 
annually in Scotland, there can be nothing so remarkable in 
its occasional occurrence in England as some would have us 
believe. As in the case of the Long-tailed Titmouse (p. 21), 
the Coal Titmouse of Great Britain has been found to differ 
slightly in some respects from the continental form of the 
species, which is the true Parus ater of Linneus ; and Messrs. 
Sharpe and Dresser have accordingly separated it under the 
name of P. britannicus (cf. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4th ser., viii. 
p. 437). A good account of the habits of the Long-tailed 
Titmouse (p. 22) by Mr. Blyth is given (Mag. Nat. Hist. 
1837, p. 199). Localities in Devon for the Bearded Titmouse 
(p. 22) were formerly Topsham and Thorverton, on the Exe 
(Moore, /. c.). The visits of Richard’s Pipit (p. 24) to 
Great Britain have hitherto been confined to England. The 
Cirl Bunting (p. 26), which is chiefly restricted to the south 
of England, has been met with in Leicestershire (cf. Harley, 
“Tist Birds Leicester.” in vol. iii. of Macgillivray’s Hist. 
Brit. Birds). 
The Tree Sparrow (p. 28) is plentiful in some parts of the 
