SITTID.i:. OEIOLID.E. 



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SITTID^. 



52. Nuthatch. Sitta ccesia,^Vo]t Arboreal. Eesideut in England ; 

 very rare in Scotland ; not yet in Ireland. 



Bill longer than head. Above slaty grey ; tliroat whitish ; rest of 

 nnderparts cinnamon-huff, lightest next the throat; legs dull brown. 

 Length 5| inches. 



CERTHIID^. 



53. Thee-creeper. Certhiafumiliaris, Linnceus. Arboreal. Eesident. 

 Bill slender, curved downwards, and pointed. Above bro^\•n, spotted 



with paler brown ; below white. Tail graduated or cuneiform, reddish 

 brown, with stiff* points. Length 5 inches. 



54. Wall-cheeper. TicJiodroma muraria (Linnxus). Twice: Nor- Mountains of 

 folk, 1792 ; Lancashire, 1872. A rock-haunting bird. g. & S^Europe, 



General colour slate-grey ; all the primaries, except the first three, Abyssinia. 

 crimson on the basal half of the outer web; tliroat black in summer, 

 white in winter ; bill as in last, but longer in proportion. Length G 

 inches. 



TEOGLODYTID^. 



55. "Wren. Troc/lodytes j^ca'vuhis *,K.Ij. Koch. Eesident. 



Above reddish brown ; breast whitish brown ; tail closely barred 

 with black, and much more rufous than back. Hind toe ag long or 

 longer than middle toe. Length 4 iuches. 



CINCLIDiE. 



56. Dipper, or "Water-Ouzel. ClncJus aquaticus, Bechstein. 

 Eesident. 



Head and upper parts dark brown ; throat and chest white ; flanks 

 grey ; breast chestnut -rufous ; belly black. Length 7 inches. 



The northern or mountain race (called C. melanogaster), without any 

 chestnut on the breast, occasionally visits the East of England. The 

 two forms completely intergrade. 



ORIOLID^. Sylvau. 



57. Golden Oriole. Oriolus (jalbtda, Linna?us. Spring to autumn, ^^'?^^y 

 but rarely allowed to breed. Persia, and 



Male. Head and general colour goiden yellow. Black spot between s.W. Asia, 

 crimson eye and dull red bill; wings black, with yellow tips to second- wintering in 

 aries. Tail : outer feathers with more than terminal half yellow. '"'^^' 



Female. Greenish yellow above; outer tail-feathers tipped with 

 yellow. 



* Vnfortunatclv the AVren found on St. Kilda bas boon, witbouf sufTicient cause, 

 described as a distinct species, T. hirtcnais ; consequently it has been almost if not quite 

 extenninaled by collectors. 



