46 Mr. A. G. More on the Distribution of Birds 
Throughout England; but rare in the north-western counties. 
Mr. Eyton describes the Nuthatch as common in Shropshire 
and North Wales. Mr. Gregson considers it numerous at 
Dunhorn Park, on the Cheshire side of the Mersey, and also 
in the woods at Wyresdale, North Lancashire ; but Mr. Brock- 
holes has not met with it in either county. 
Dr. Heysham records one pair as breeding regularly, in his 
day, in Cumberland. 
Mr. Hancock marks the Nuthatch as breeding occasionally 
in Durham ; and Mr. Selby has found the nest in Northumber- 
land. 
CucuLus canorvus (Linn.). Cuckoo. 
Provinces I.—X VIII. 
Subprovinces 1-35, 36, 37, 38. 
Lat. 50°-61°. “British ” type, or general. 
Throughout the mainland; but appears to be less numerous 
in the isles. 
Mr. John Macgillivray has recorded its occurrence in North 
Uist. Messrs. Baikie and Heddle tell us that a few breed every 
season in the retired parts of Hoy and Waas. Dr. Saxby 
describes the Cuckoo as a very rare visitor to Shetland, where, 
however, he has obtained young birds not fully feathered. 
ALcepo 1spipA (Linn.). Kingfisher. 
Provinces I.—XV. 
Subprovinces 1-28, 29. 
Lat. 50°-57°. ‘English ” type, or Southern. 
Thinly scattered throughout England and the south of 
Scotland. 
Breeds regularly in-Ayr, occasionally in Lanark, regularly in 
nearly all the counties of subprovince 28, regularly in Stirling 
and Clackmannan, and perhaps every year in Perthshire, where 
it Is very rare. 
It is sad to think that this beautiful ornament of our streams 
is fast disappearing before the unceasing persecution of would-be 
collectors ; and since its feathers have become a fashionable orna- 
ment of dress, even the ladies have now to be added to the 
list of the enemies of the Kingfisher. To salmon-fishers the 
