200 THE BIKDS or COBKWALL. 



Wryneck ; an occasional casual autumn visitor in the west 

 of tlie coimty, including Scilly, not observed further east than 

 Ludgvan; last recorded visit, Penzance, Sept., 1891; a regular 

 summer migrant to the south-east of England ; winters in 

 Africa as far south as Senegambia. 



Green Woodpecker ; resident ; till a quarter of a century 

 ago a rare casual visitor to the west, though well known in the 

 east of the county from the Tamar to Lostwithiel ; first seen in 

 the Falmouth district about 1866 and has now gradually diffused 

 itself all over the mainland ; not unfrequently seen in autumn on 

 moorland far away from trees ; once recorded from Scilly ; though 

 usually non-migratory its numbers increased considerably in the 

 severe winter of 1894-95; breeds commonly throughout Europe 

 from Belgium southwards to the Mediterranean coast. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker; resident; breeds annually 

 in the east of the county ; till recently an extremely rare visitor 

 to the west, but gradually extending in that direction ; has 

 frequented Enys for the past six years and probably breeds there ; 

 nested in 1900 and 1902 at Tregothnan and in 1901 at Lamorran 

 and probably at Clowance ; shy, silent, frequenting tree-tops and 

 very rarely coming into the open, this bird may often be over- 

 looked ; common throughout Europe. 



Barred Woodpecker (Lesser Spotted) ; till lately probably 

 the rarest of Cornish residents and practically unknown even as 

 a casual visitor to the middle and west of the county ; for the 

 past ten years has been gradually diffusing westward ; has nested 

 not unfrequently aboiit Tregothnan and at least once near Kea ; 

 recorded from Doublebois, Lostwithiel, Tregothnan, Euan; 

 probably often overlooked, as it prefers the tops of tall trees and 

 is not much larger than a linnet ; generally distributed throughout 

 the greater part of Europe. 



Kingfisher ; resident ; not uncommon on many of our 

 streams, creeks, estuaries, and along some of our somewhat 

 rocky sea-coasts ; numbers in some years greatly increased in 

 autumn ; an accidental visitor to Scilly ; breeds from Germany 

 south to the Mediterranean. 



Roller ; an accidental autumn ^s'isitor that has occurred at 

 least seven times in the west, the last records being Land's End, 



