The Distribution of Birds in Great Britain. 421 



Throughout England and Wales, and in a few counties of the south 

 of Scotland. Sir W. Jardine marks the Chiffchaff as nesting sparingly 

 in Dumfries. Mr. R. Gray finds it] nesting near Glasgow; and the 

 Rev. J. Duns tells me that the bird is well known in Berwickshire. 



Macgillivray speaks of its having been seen in various parts of 

 Scotland, especially the Lothians, where it is very rare. The bird is 

 included in the ' Natural History of Dee-side,' on the authority of 

 Mr. Brown, who describes it as occurring very rarely near Abergeldie 

 and Micras. 



SYLVIA UND ATA (G. R. Gray}. Dartford Warbler. 



Provinces' I.-III. V. ? VIII. ? 



Subprovinces 1 ? 2-9, 14 ?, 20 ? 



Lat. 50-52. " English " type, or Southern. 



Confined apparently to a few counties of the extreme south of 

 England. Montagu mentions its occurrence in Cornwall. The nest 

 has been found in Devon, Wilts, Dorset, Hants, Sussex, Kent, Surrey, 

 and Middlesex. 



The nest has once been taken in Oxfordshire (Zoologist, p. 2597) ; 

 and Mr. J. J. Briggs has lately informed me that he has taken a nest 

 in Derbyshire, which he believes belongs to the Dartford Warbler. 

 Yarrell mentions its occurrence in Worcestershire and Leicestershire. 

 It seems likely that the bird may occasionally extend its range 

 beyond latitude 52, until killed or driven back by an unusually severe 

 winter. One of the species characteristic of the South- European fauna. 



REGULUS CRISTATUS (Koch}. Golden-crested Wren. 



Provinces I.-XVII. 

 Subprovinces 1-35. 

 Lat. 50-o9. " British " type, or general. 



Breeds as far north as Sutherland and Caithness (Mr. W. Dunbar}, 

 but not in the Scottish isles. 



Obs. Regulus ignicapillus (Naum.). In the third edition of 

 Hewitson's * Eggs B. B.' (vol. i. p. 148) occurs the remark : " The 

 Rev. E. H. Browne has watched this species " [the Fire-crested Wren] 

 " during the summer near his residence at Bio' Norton, in Norfolk, and 

 has no doubt it breeds there ; " but there is too much reason to ieai 

 that the Golden -crested Wren has in this instance been mistaken for 

 the Fire-crested, which appears to be only a winter visitant to Britain. 



PARUS MAJOR (Linn.}. Great Titmouse. 



Provinces I.-XVII. 

 Subprovinces 1-35. 

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



Rare in the north of Scotland, but marked by Mr. Dunbar as 



