136 Mr. A. G. More on the Distribution of Birds 



Mr. Dunbar considers that it breeds regularly in the woods 

 at Castle Grant, in East Inverness; and he tells me that the 

 bird has been observed also in Ross-shire. 



Picus MINOR [Linn.). Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. 

 Provinces I. II. III. IV. V. VIII. X. 

 Subprovinces 2-15, 19, 20, 22, 23, 

 Lat. 50°-55°. « English " type. Not in Ireland. . 



More southern in its distribution than the former, not reach- 

 ing further north than Yorkshire. 



Yarrell mentions its having been found in Lancashire ; but I 

 have no authority for its nesting in that county nor in any 

 part of Wales. 



Obs. — The Great Black Woodpecker [Dendrocopus martins) 

 has been recorded as breeding in a brick wall at Claremont in 

 Surrey (Naturalist, 1851, p. 20) ; also in an oak-tree in the 

 New Forest (Zoologist, 1862, p. 8091). It seems possible 

 that in each case some other bird was mistaken for this species. 



YuNX TORQUiLLA {Linn.). Wryneck. 

 Provinces I.-V. VIII.-XII. 

 Subprovinces 2, 3-15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. 

 Lat. 50°-55°. " Germanic " type. Not in Ireland. 



Rare in the northern counties, and apparently much less 

 numerous on the western side of England. Does not breed in 

 Cornwall, and is very rare in Devon. I have no authority more 

 recent than Pennant for its breeding in Wales. 



Mr. Gregson has only once found the nest in Lancashire ; 

 and Mr, Smurthwaite has never seen the bird in North-west 

 Yorkshire. Mr. Gough, however, describes the Wryneck as 

 breeding regularly in Westmoreland; and in Loudon's ^Mag. 

 of Nat. Hist.' (vol. iii. p. 172) it is included among the summer 

 visitors to Carlisle. 



Though the Wryneck has been observed a few times in the 

 south of Scotland, its nest has not been found. 



Ceuthia familiaris [Linn.). Tree-Creeper. 

 Provinces I.-XVII. 



