INTRODUCTION. 



6. BARE VISITORS. The following birds have been re- 

 corded in the British Islands on fewer than twenty 

 occasions, and form the largest category in the classi- 

 fication ; they .show how diligent the search for the 

 occurrence of rare birds has been in the British Islands. 



This group numbers 



Spin us citrinella. 

 MontifrinyiUa nivalis. 

 Acaiithis 1. rvstrata. 

 Acanthis I. holboelli. 

 A canthis hornemanni. 

 Acanthis h. exilipes. 

 Pinicola enucleator. 

 Einberiza leucocephala. 

 Emberiza melanocephala. 

 Emberiza cin. 

 Emberiza c. castuneiceps. 

 Emberiza aureola. 

 r.mlicriza rustica. 

 Emberiza palitstris. 

 Emberiza p. tschusii. 

 Alauda a. cinerascens. 

 Gakrida cristata. 

 Calandrdla brachydactyla. 

 Melanocorypha sibirica. 

 Melanocorypha yeltoniensi* . 

 Motacilla f. beema. 

 Motacillaf. cinercicapilla. 

 Molacilla feldeyyi. 

 Anthus cervinu*. 

 Anthus s. rubescens. 

 Certhia familiaris. 

 Tichodroina nwrariu. 

 Parus ater. 

 Panis borealis. 

 Parus carukus. 

 Parus cristatus. 

 dSgithalus caudatus. 

 Lanius merid-ionalis. 

 Lanius minor. 

 Lanius s. badiiis. 



U9, viz.: 



Lanius nubicus. 

 Sylvia melanocephala. 

 Sylvia orphea. 

 Sylvia subalpina. 

 Ayrobates galactodes. 

 Ayrobates y. familiaris. 

 Locustella lanceulata. 

 Locustella certhiola. 

 Locttstella luscinioides *. 

 Cettia cetti. 



Acrocephalut dumetoru >n. 

 Acrocephalus arundinaceus. 

 Lusciniola schivarzi. 

 Hypolais polyylotta. 

 Phylloscoptts borealis. 

 Phylloscopus viridanus. 

 PhyUos&^is proreffitltt j. 

 Phylloscopus fuscatus. 

 Turdus fuscatus. 

 Turdus atriyularis. 

 Turdus t. alpestris. 

 Jlonttcola saxatilis. 

 Luscinia luscinia. 

 Cyanosylvia s. c'yaneculu. 

 Saxicola indica. 

 (Enanthe isabellina. 

 (Enanthe stapazina. 

 (Enanthe s. amphilenca. 

 (Enanthe occidentalis. 

 (Enanthe deserti. 

 (Enanthe d. albifrons. 

 (Enanthe leucomela. 

 (Enanthe leucura. 

 Cinclus cinclus. 

 Muscicapa latirostris. 

 Formerly bred. 



