52 REGULID2E. 



Sitta CSBSia. NUTHATCH. 

 Sitta CSBSia Wolf, Taschenb. Deutsch. Vog. i. 1810, 



p. 128 : Germany. 



Sitta csesia Wolf; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. 1883, p. 347 ; 

 B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 28; Saunders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 113. 



Cassia = bluish-grey. 



distribution in the British Islands. Resident and common 

 in south and central England and in Wales ; becoming 

 scarce in the north and extreme west, and not breeding 

 regularly north of Yorkshire in the east and Cheshire in the 

 west. Its visits to Scotland have been few and chiefly to 

 the south-east. In Ireland it is unknown ; a bird recorded 

 from co. Dublin in March 1911, had no doubt escaped. 



General Distribution. The Nuthatch breeds throughout 

 central and southern Europe, from the Baltic to the Pyrenees, 

 Sicily, and Greece. It has been recorded from Spain and 

 north-west Africa. It is represented in south-western Asia 

 by nearly related forms, while a distinct species (S. europa'a) 

 occurs in Scandinavia, Russia and northern Asia, and another 

 (S. wliitelieadi) in Corsica. 



Family REGULID^E. 



Genus REGTTLUS Cuvier, Lee. d'Anat. Comp. i. 1800, 



tab. 2. 

 Type: R. regulus (Linn.). 



Regulus, diminutive of rex = a king. Used of the Wren, Carmen, de 

 Philomel. 13 (about A.D. 500). 



Regulus regulus. GOLDCREST. 



Motacilla regulus Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 188 : 



Sweden. 



Eegulus cristatus Koch; Gadow, Cat. Birds B. Jf. viii. 1883, 

 p. 80; B. 0. IT. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 14; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 57. 

 Cristatus = furnished with a crest. 



