44 A HAND -LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Orkneys and Shetlands ; well distributed most I. Hebrides, but rare 

 Skye, and apparently unknown Eigg ; unknown O. Hebrides. 



MIGRATIONS. British Isles. Generally considered subject only to 

 local movements, but has occurred as a migrant at Isle of May in 

 autumn. 



PARUS ATER 



91. Parus ater ater L. THE CONTINENTAL COAL- 

 TITMOUSE. 



PARUS ATER Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 190 (1758 "Habitat in 



Europa." Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Pams ater Linnaeus, Yarrell, i, p. 489 (part) ; Saunders, p. 105 (part). 



DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. Said to be occasional visitor to east 

 coast England, but we know of only two specimens (in Mr. J. H. 

 Gurney's coll.), viz. : Northrepps (Norfolk), Jan. 15, 1866 ; Laken- 

 ham, Norwich, spring, 1866 (cf. Birds Europe, in, p. 88). 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Europe and north Asia, but replaced 

 by allied races in Sardinia, probably Spain and Portugal, and in 

 Marocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, Cyprus, Crimea, Caucasus, and parts 

 of Asia. 



92. Parus ater britannicus Sharpe and Dresser THE BRITISH 

 COAL-TITMOUSE. 



PARUS BRITANNICUS Sharpe and Dresser, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, 

 vm, p. 437 (1871 England). 



Parus ater Linnaeus, Yarrell, i, p. 489 (part) ; Saunders, p. 105 (part). 

 P. a. britannicus Sharpe & Dresser, Hartert, Brit. B., i, p. 213. 



DISTRIBUTION. Confined to Great Britain. England and Wales. 

 Eesident. Generally distributed, more especially in wooded parts. 

 Scotland. Resident. Generally distributed, except Caithness, 

 where very rarely observed,* and in Shetlands, Orkneys, and 

 O. Hebrides, where unknown. 



MIGRATIONS. British Isles. Generally considered as subject to 

 local movements only, but has been observed on autumn-migration 

 at Isle of May and Bass Rock. 



93. Parus ater hibernicus Ogilvie-Grant THE IRISH COAL- 

 TITMOUSE. 



PARUS HIBERNICUS Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B.O.C., xxvn, p. 37 (31.xii.1910 

 Ireland). 



* Records from Wick (Caithness) in autumn may be referable to Parus 

 a. ater. 



