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Coal Titmouse ; resident, fairly common in fir and pine 



plantations in tlie east of the county, formerly scarce in the 

 middle and M^est. but now locally quite plentiful ; unknown in 

 Scilly. The olive-brown back of the British variety distinguishes 

 it from the grey-backed continental form. 



Marsh Titmouse ; resident, but local, breeding in the east 

 of the cou.nty, and freely in the west round Falmouth ; unknown 

 in Scilly ; breeds in central and western Europe south of the 

 Pyrenees. 



Blue Titmouse ; resident, common and generally distributed ; 

 a winter visitor in Scilly ; winter immigrants occasionally land 

 on our south coast ; breeds throughout the greater part of 

 Europe. 



Nuthatch ; resident, a familiar bird in our eastern wood- 

 lands ; nests regularly as far east as Doublebois, and occasionally 

 in the south-west ; been seen near Falmouth throughout the 

 breeding season ; common in the middle and west as a winter 

 visitor ; breeds from the Baltic south to the Mediterranean. 



Wren ; resident, common, and generally distributed ; its 

 numbers during winter seem to be increased by immigration ; 

 breeds throughout the whole of Europe, except the extreme 

 north. 



Tree Creeper ; resident ; nesting and fairly common in 

 most of the old woods throughout the county ; not known in 

 Scilly ; breeds from middle Scandinavia south to the Mediter- 

 ranean. 



Pied Wagtail ; resident, abundant, and generally dis- 

 tributed ; migration from the continent to our southern coast a 

 common spring occurrence ; very common at Scilly ; on the 

 continent almost restricted to the west ; breeds sparingly in the 

 north-west of France. 



White Wagtail ; a not uncommon casual spring visitor on 

 our south coast between Falmouth and Penzance ; is the conti- 

 nental representative of the British Pied Wagtail ; has been 

 recorded from Scilly on several occasions ; may be a summer 

 visitor, but its nest does not seem to have been found in Cornwall. 



Grey Wagtail ; resident, but more abundant as a winter 

 visitor ; breeds near Altarnon, at Trebartha and other localities 



