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Mr. Dunbar considers that it breeds regularly in the woods at Castle 

 Grant, in East Inverness ; and he tells me that the bird has been observed 

 also in Ross-shire. 



Picus MINOR (Linn.}. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. 

 Provinces I. II. III. IV. V. VIII. X. 

 Subprovinces 2-15, 19, 20, 22, 23. 

 Lat. 50-55. " English " type. Not in Ireland. 



More southern in its distribution than the former, not reaching further 

 north than Yorkshire. 



Yarrell mentions its having been found in Lancashire ; but I have 

 no authority for its nesting in that county nor in any part of Wales. 



Obs. The Great Black Woodpecker (Dendrocopus martius} has 

 been recorded as breeding in a brick wall at Claremont in Surrey 

 (Naturalist, 1851, p. 20) ; also in an oak-tree in the New Forest 

 (Zoologist, 1862, p. 8091). It seems possible that in each case some 

 other bird was mistaken for this species. 



YUNX TORQUILLA (Linn.}. Wryneck. 



Provinces I.-V. VIII.-XII. 



Subprovinces 2, 3-15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. 



Lat. 50-55. " Germanic " type. Not in Ireland. 



Rare in the northern counties, and apparently much less numerous 

 on the western side of England. Does not breed in Cornwall, and is 

 very rare in Devon. I have no authority more recent than Pennant for 

 its breeding in Wales. 



Mr. Gregson has only once found the nest in Lancashire ; and Mr . 

 Smurthwaite has never seen the bird in North-west Yorkshire. Mr.' 

 Gough, however, describes the Wryneck as breeding regularly in West- 

 moreland; and in Loudon's 'Mag. of Nat. Hist.' (vol. Hi. p. 172) it is 

 included among the summer visitors to Carlisle. 



Though the Wryneck has been observed a few times in the south of 

 Scotland, its nest has not been found. 



CERTHIA FAMILIARIS (Linn.}. Tree-Creeper. 

 Provinces I.-XVII. 

 Subprovinces 1-32, 34, 35. 

 Lat. 50-59 3 . " British " type, or general. 



On the mainland to Sutherland (Mr. St. John} and Caithness (Mr. 

 Dunbar}, but does not reach the Scottish isles. 



TROGLODYTES PARVULUS (Koch}. Common Wren. 

 Provinces I. XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1-38. 



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



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