in Ch^eat Britain during the Nesting-season. 21 



taken in Suffolk ; and Messrs. Sheppard and Whitear speak of a 

 nest found in a garden at Ormsby, in Norfolk. Mr. Alfred 

 Newton tells me that the eggs in Mr. Scales's collection^ which 

 were thought to have been taken in Norfolk, were really pro- 

 cured from Holland. 



Accentor modularis (Bechst.). Hedge Sparrow. 



Provinces I.-XVII. 

 Subprovinces 1-35. 

 Lat. 50°-59°. " British" type, or general. 



Breeds as far north as Sutherland and Caithness. Is also 

 found in the western isles of Scotland {Yarrell), and "builds in 

 the bare islands of the north of Scotland " {Macgillivray). 



Erythactjs rubecula [MacgilL). Redbreast. 

 Provinces I. -XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1-35, 37. 

 Lat. 50°-60°. "British" type, or general. 



Throughout England and Scotland. Nests and remains the 

 whole winter in Orkney ; but does not breed in Shetland, and 

 only occasionally visits the Outer Hebrides. 



RuTiciLLA PHCENicuRA {Bouap.). Redstart. 



Provinces I.-XVII. 



Subprovinces 1-32, 34, 35. 



Lat. 50°-59°. " British" type, or general. Not in Ireland. 



Rare in Scotland, though the nest has been found as far north 

 as Sutherland and Caithness. 



RuTiciLLA TiTHYS [Brehm). Black Redstart. 



Provinces V. VI.? XI. 



Subprovinces 15, 16?, 24. 



Lat. 52°-55°. Type, perhaps "English." Not in Ireland. 



In the 'Zoologist' for 1852 (p. 3503) mention is made of a 

 nest found at Rongdon, near Rugely, in Staffordshire ; and Mr. 

 Hewitson, who has seen one of the eggs, thinks that it can 

 scarcely belong to any other British bird (Eggs B. B. ed. 3. 

 p. 106). 



