OF BRITISH BIRDS. 27 



Of the fifteeu species whose breediag-range is subarctic only, more than 

 half breed in our Islands : — 



Loxia curvirostra. 

 Fuhyida crlstata. 

 Fuligula rujina. 

 Scolopax 7'usticola. 

 Scolopax galUnago. 

 FrinyiUa spinus. 

 Tetrao tetrix. 

 Anas circia. 

 Numenius arquata. 

 Keguhis cristatus. 

 Larus ridibundus. 

 Totanus ochropus. 

 FrinyiUa montifrinyiJla . 

 Larus minuUis. 

 Acredula caudata. 



Of the forty-nine species which are both subarctic and subtropic in their 

 breeding-range^, no fewer than thirty-seven breed in our Islands, and of 

 these twenty-nine may be regarded as residents. Nearly half of this 

 group of species belong to the Passeres : — 



Sitta casia. 

 Cinclus aquaticus. 

 Garrnlus glandarius. 

 Passer montanns. 

 Passer domestieus. 

 ('occ.othruustes riilyaris. 

 Cori'us corone. 

 Picus minor. 

 Haliaetus albicilla. 

 Accipiter nisjis, 

 MotaciUa hoarula. 

 Pyrrhula vulyaris. 

 Troylndytes pai'vulus. 

 Parus major. 

 Columba livia. 

 Strix ah CO. 

 Picus major. 

 Botaurris stellaris. 

 Faico tinnuucalus. 

 Vanellus cristatus. 



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