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Rare in Scotland, though the nest has been found as far north as 

 Sutherland and Caithness. 



RUTICILLA TITHYS (Brehm}. Black Redstart. 



Provinces V. VI.? XI. 



Subprovinces 15, 16 ?, 24. 



Lat. 52-55. Type, perhaps " English." Not in Ireland. 



In the ' Zoologist ' for 1852 (p. 3503) mention is made of a nest found 

 at Rongdon, near Rugeley, in Staffordshire ; and Mr. Hewitson, who 

 has seen one of the eggs, thinks that it can scarcely belong to any 

 other British bird (Eggs B. B. ed. 3. p. 106). 



The Rev. H. B. Tristram informs me that a nest, with four eggs, was 

 once taken in the city of Durham. 



Mr. James Tracy includes the Black Redstart in his list, as having 

 nested in Pembrokeshire ; and Mr. W. H. Slaney tells me that it has 

 been frequently noticed in the neighbourhood of Hatton Hall during 

 the breeding-season. 



PRATINCOLA RUBICOLA (Koch}. Stonechat. 

 Provinces I.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1-36. 

 Lat. 50-59. " British" type, or general. 



Ranges to the extreme north of the mainland of Scotland, and is 

 included by Dr. Dewar in his list of the birds which he has found 

 nesting in the Hebrides ; but does not breed in Orkney and Shetland. 



PRATINCOLA RUBETRA (Koch}. Whinchat. 

 Provinces I.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1-36. 

 Lat. 50-59. "British" type, or 'general. 



Like the former, extends to Sutherland, Caithness, and Outer 

 Hebrides ; but is scarce in some districts. 



SAXICOLA CENANTHE (Bechst.}. Wheatear. 



Provinces I.-XVIII. 



Subprovinces 1-38. 



Lat. 50-61. " British " type, or general. 



Perhaps less abundant in the south ; *' nowhere more plentiful than 

 in the Outer Hebrides and Orkney and Shetland Islands" (Macgil- 

 livray}. 



CALAMODYTA LOCUSTELLA (G. R. Gray}. Grasshopper-Warbler. 



Provinces I.-XIII. XIV. XVI. 

 Subprovinces 1-15, 16 ?, 17, 19-25, 26, 27, 28, 32. 

 Lat. 50-56. " English " or Southern type. 



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