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Distribution. Resident and generally distributed over 

 the wooded districts of the mainland of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, but not yet known from continental Europe. 



Genus TICHODROMA llliger, Prod. Syst. 1811, p. 210. 

 Type: T, muraria (Linn.). 

 Tichodroma = that runs along walls ; from relics and Spa[ie1v. 



Tichodroma muraria. WALL-CREEPER. 



Certhia muraria Linncms, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, 

 p. 184 : S. Europe. 



Tichodroma muraria {Linn.} Gadow, Gat. Birds Brit. Mus. viii. 

 1883, p. 331 ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 46 ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 119. 



Muraria frequenting walls. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Bare Visitor from 

 the Continent. Has occurred in Norfolk, Oct. 1792, in 

 Lancashire, May 1872, and in Sussex, 1886, Dec. 1905, and 

 Nov. 1912. 



General Distribution. The Wall-Creeper breeds in the 

 mountains of central and southern Europe, and extends 

 eastwards to Turkestan, Mongolia, Tibet, and the Himalaya. 

 It is found occasionally in other parts of Europe, such as 

 Germany, Brittany, and Normandy. 



Family SITTID^B. 



Genus SITTA Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 115. 

 Type : S. europcea Linn. 



Sitta = aiTTT], a bird well known to the Greeks. Perhaps akin to ^j'rraros = 

 a parrot, an Indian word, of which a softer form OITTUKIJ, occurs or possibly 

 from ffi(D = I hiss or whistle. 



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