in Great Britain during the Nesting-season. 45 
Subprovinces 1-32, 34, 35. 
Lat. 50°-59 . “British” type, or general. 
On the mainland to Sutherland (Mr. St. John ) and Caith- 
ness (Mr. Dunbar), but does not reach the Scottish isles. 
TROGLODYTES PARVULUS (Koch). Common Wren. 
Provinces I.—X VIII. 
Subprovinces 1-38. 
Lat. 50°-61°. “ British”’ type, or general. 
To the extreme north of Scotland. Common in the Outer 
Hebrides and Orkney, and “a few breed annually in Shetland.’’ 
Upura rpors (Linn.). Hoopoe. 
Provinces IJ. III. IV. 
Subprovinees 4, 5, 6, 7, 12. 
Lat. 50°-52°. “Germanic” type. Not in Ireland. 
The Rev. A. C. Smith informs me that a nest, containing 
young birds, has been taken in Wiltshire. The Rev. O. Pickard- 
Cambridge writes that a pair of Hoopoes are reported to have 
bred at Warmwell, in Dorsetshire, many years ago. 
Mr. Jesse, in his ‘ Gleanings,’ mentions a nest found near 
Chichester. Latham records another pair whose nest was built 
in Hampshire; and Gilbert White also records that a pair of 
Hoopoes frequented, for some weeks, an ornamental piece of 
ground adjoining his garden at Selborne, and seemed disposed 
to breed, until driven away. 
Mr. Knox tells me that the nest has been found at Southwick, 
near Shoreham. 
Mr. Blyth noticed a pair frequenting a garden near Tooting in 
1833 (‘ Field-Naturalist,’ 1834, p. 53); and in the ‘ Zoologist ’ 
(p. 564) Mr. J. P. Bartlett notices some eggs taken near 
Dorking in 1841. 
The Rev. H. B. Tristram informs me that the nest has once 
occurred in Northamptonshire. 
Sirta casita (Meyer). Nuthatch. 
Provinces I.—XII. 
Subprovinces 1-20, 21 ?, 22, 28, 24, 25. 
Lat. 50°-55°. “English” type. Not in Ireland. 
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