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SITTIDJE. 



52. NUTHATCH. Sitta ccesia, Wolf. Arboreal. Eesident in England ; 

 very rare in Scotland ; not yet in Ireland. 



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

 underparts cinnamon-buff, lightest next the throat; legs dull brown. 

 Length 5| inches. 



CERTHIIDJE. 



53. TBEE-CEEEPEE. Certhiafamiliaris, Linnaeus. Arboreal. Eesident. 

 w Bill slender, curved downwards, and pointed. Above brown, spotted 



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

 brown, with stiff points. Length 5 inches. 



54. WALL-CEEEPEE. Tichodroma muraria (Linnaeus). Twice : Nor- Mountains of 

 folk, 1792 ; Lancashire, 1872. A rock-haunting bird. {j. ^^ope. 



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

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

 white in winter ; bill as in last, but longer in proportion. Length 6 

 inches. 



TROGLODYTID2. 



55. WEEN. Troglodytes parvulus *, K. L. Koch. Eesident. 



Above reddish brown ; breast whitish brown ; tail closely barred 

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

 longer than middle toe. Length 4 inches. 



CINCLIDJE. 



*t; 56. DIPPEE, or WATEE-OUZEL. Cinclus 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 (ca\\e^C._melanoffastefy~? 

 I chestnut on the breast, occasionally visits the East of En 



two forms completely intergrade. 



OEIOLID^E. Sylvan. 



57. GOLDEX OEIOLE. Oriolus galbula, Linnaeus. Spring to autumn, 

 but rarely allowed to breed. 



t A Male. Head and general colour golden yellow. Black spot between s/W. Asia," 

 ycrimson 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. 



* Unfortunately the Wren found on St. Kilcla has been, without sufficient cause, 

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

 exterminated by collectors. 



