in Great Britain during the Nesting-season. 121 



vinces 16 and 19, though it is not included in either hst of the 

 nesting-birds of Lincolnshire, where Mr. Adrian informs me 

 that it has only been noticed as a rare visitor. 



Parus caudatus [Linn.). Long-tailed Titmouse. 



Provinces I.-XVII. 

 Subprovinces 1-35. 

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



Less frequent in the north of Scotland, but is described by 

 Mr. Dunbar as nesting regularly in Ross, Sutherland, and 

 Caithness. Sir W. Jardine considers that it does not reach 

 nearly so far north as the Coal-Titmouse. 



Paroides biarmicus {G. R. Gray). Bearded Titmouse. 

 Provinces [II.] III. IV. [V.] [VIII.] [IX.] [X.] 

 Subprovinces (6), 7, 8?, 10, 11, 12, (13?), 19, (21?), 23. 

 Lat. 50°-53°. " Germanic " type. Not in Ireland. 



A very local species, apparently now restricted to a few 

 localities in Norfolk and Suffolk, and to the reed-beds along 

 the banks of the Thames. Still breeds in Surrey {Rev. J. C. 

 Atkinson) and probably in Essex (where the bird has been 

 noticed), in East Suffolk {Rev. J. Farr), in Norfolk {Mr. H. 

 Stevenson), and possibly in Lincolnshire, which is one of the five 

 counties mentioned by Hewitson. (See also Mr. J. D. Hoy's 

 account of this bird, in Loudon's * Mag. of Nat. Hist.' vol. iii. 

 p. 328.) 



Extinct in Sussex {Mr. Knox) ; extinct also in Cambridge- 

 shire and Huntingdon {Mr. F. Bond). 



Kent, Gloucester, and Cowbit in Lancashire are given as 

 localities by Montagu; and Mr. Waterton tells me that a pair 

 once built by the side of the lake at Walton Hall. 



MoTACiLLA yarrelli {Gould). Pied Wagtail. 

 Provinces I.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1-37. 

 Lat. 45°-60°. " British " type, or general. 



Throughout the mainland, extending to the Outer Hebrides 

 {Dr. D. Dewar) and Orkney ; but does not breed in Shetland. 



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