in Great Britain during the Nesting -season. 131 



Subprovinces 2, 3, 5-8, 11, 13, 20, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 



34, 35. 

 Lat. 50°-59°. " Scottish " type, or Northern. 



The Crossbill appears to be an increasing species in Scotland, 

 and, from having been more frequently found breeding in the 

 northern counties, seems to belong rather to the " Scottish " 

 than the " British " type, though the nest has occurred in scat- 

 tered localities throughout Great Britain. 



Commencing from the south, the nest has been found in the 

 following counties: — Devon (Zoologist, p. 39), Somerset {Mr. W. 

 D. Crotch), Hants (Zoologist, p. 189), Sussex {Mr. W. Borrer), 

 Kent {Mr. G. /e/Z), Surrey {Hewitson) ,'¥,^s,eii {Mr. H. Douhleday), 

 Herts (ikfr. F.Bond), Norfolk {Sheppard and Whitear), Gloucester 

 {Hewitson), Leicester {Harley), East York {Hewitson and 

 Mr. A. S. Bell), West York {Mr. H. Reid), Durham and 

 Northumberland {Mr. J. Hancock and Rev. H. B. Tristram), 

 Cumberland {Mr. T. Hope), Dumfries {Mr. W. G. Gibson), Sel- 

 kirk and Roxburgh {Rev. T. B. Bell), Linlithgow {Rev. J. Duns 

 and Mr. T. D. Weir), Perth {Mr. A. Pullen), Banff {Mr. T. Ed- 

 ward), Elgin {Rev. G. .Gordon) ; and the bird is considered to 

 breed regularly in Aberdeen, Inverness, Ross, and probably 

 Sutherland. 



Sturnus vulgaris {Linn.). Starling. 

 Provinces I.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1-38. 

 Lat. 50°-61°. " British " type, or general. 



Throughout the mainland and isles, but is much more nume- 

 rous in some districts than in others, and it has been observed 

 to increase very rapidly in some counties where it formerly was 

 hardly known. Sir W. Jardine marks the Starling as having 

 bred regularly " of late years only " in Dumfriesshire ; and 

 Mr. Archibald Hepburn describes it as " a colonist " in Had- 

 dingtonshire. 



CoRACiA GRACULA {G. R. Gray). Chough. 

 Provinces I. IL [III.] VI. VII. XII. XIII. XIV. XVI. 

 XVII. XVIII. 



