20 RESIDENTS AND MIGRANTS. 



Fam. CERTHIID^E. 



TEEE CliEEPEE. Certhia familiaris, Linnaeus. 

 Kesident and generally distributed. 



Fam. SITTID.E. 



NUTHATCH. Sitta ccesia, Meyer. 



Resident in England, rare in Scotland, and not found 

 in Ireland. The Scandinavian Nuthatch described 

 by Linnaeus (Syst. Nat. i. p. 177) as Sitta europcea, 

 differs from that found in Great Britain; and the 

 latter, therefore, should be distinguished as Sitta 

 ccesia, that being the oldest name applied (by Meyer, 

 Taschenb. Deutsch. Vogel, i. p. 128) to the same bird 

 as observed in Germany. 



Fam. PARID^S. 



GEEAT TITMOUSE. Parus major, Linnaeus. 

 Resident and common. 



BLUE TITMOUSE. Parus cceruleus, Linnaeus. 

 Resident and common. 



CEESTED TITMOUSE. Parus cristatus, Linnaeus. 



Resident in the counties of Moray, Ross, Inverness, 

 Elgin, Banff, and Aberdeen. For fuller particulars of 

 its distribution in Scotland, see Gray's ' Birds of the 

 West of Scotland,' p. 104. It is rare in England, 



