dd Mr. A. G. More on the Distribution of Birds 
Mr. Dunbar considers that it breeds regularly in the woods 
at Castle Grant, in East Inverness; and he tells me that the 
bird has been observed also in Ross-shire. 
Picus minor (Linn.). Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. 
Provinces 4. TL. ITE. 1V2V {Vine 
Subprovinces 2-15, 19, 20, 22, 23. 
Lat. 50°-55°. “ English” type. Not in Ireland. 
More southern in its distribution than the former, not reach- 
ing further north than Yorkshire. 
Yarrell mentions its having been found in Lancashire ; but I 
have no authority for its nesting in that county nor in any 
part of Wales. 
Obs.—The Great Black Woodpecker (Dendrocopus martius) 
has been recorded as breeding in a brick wall at Claremont in 
Surrey (Naturalist, 1851, p. 20); also in an oak-tree in the 
New Forest (Zoologist, 1862, p. 8091). It seems possible 
that in each case some other bird was mistaken for this species. 
Yunx torquitya (Linn.). Wryneck. 
Provinces I.-V. VIII.-XII. 
Subprovinces 2, 3-15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. 
Lat. 50°-55°. “Germanic” type. Not in Ireland. 
Rare in the northern counties, and apparently much less 
numerous on the western side of England. Does not breed in 
Cornwall, and is very rare in Devon. I have no authority more 
recent than Pennant for its breeding in Wales. 
Mr. Gregson has only once found the nest in Lancashire ; 
and Mr. Smurthwaite has never seen the bird in North-west 
Yorkshire. Mr. Gough, however, describes the Wryneck as 
breeding regularly in Westmoreland; and in Loudon’s ‘ Mag. 
of Nat. Hist.’ (vol. in. p. 172) it is included among the summer 
visitors to Carlisle. 
Though the Wryneck has been observed a few times in the 
south of Scotland, its nest has not been found. 
CrerTHIA FAMILIARIS (Linn.). Tree-Creeper. 
Provinces I.—X VII. 
