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It is worthy of special remark, that all of the regular annual 

 visitants are summer birds. Among the occasional visitants, are 

 winter as well as summer migrants. 



Resident Species. The Crested Tit is confined to Scotland, 

 and has not been found southward of the neighbourhood of Glas- 

 gow ; — the Cirl Bunting inhabits the more southern, and is very 

 rare in the northern, counties of England : a single individual 

 only has been seen in Scotland, near to Edinburgh ; — the Dartford 

 Warbler frequents the south of England chiefly, but has been 

 obtained as far north as Leicestershire ; — the Tree Sparrow is rare 

 in most of the extreme southern counties of England, and found 

 northwards to Northumberland ; — the Nuthatch and Green Wood- 

 pecker inhabit the greater part of England and Wales ; the latter 

 bird becoming more rare northward in the former country;* — 

 the Lesser-Spotted Woodpecker is found in most of the English 

 counties, but seldom in the more northern. None of the last five 

 species has been observed in Scotland. 



Regular annual summer visitants. The Wood Wren is rather 

 generally distributed over England and Wales, inclusive of the 

 most western parts, and northward "to the middle districts of 

 Scotland/' The Tree Pipit frequents suitable localities throughout 

 England and Wales; three individuals have been obtained in 

 Scotland. The Lesser Whitethroat is found pretty extensively to 

 the north of England, but is "rare in Cornwall and Wales;" 

 very few have been met with in Scotland; and only in the south. 

 The Wryneck is diffused somewhat generally over England, but 

 particularly over the south-eastern counties ; a few have been seen 

 in Scotland. The Red-backed Shrike frequents England rather 

 commonly to the west and north inclusive. The Pied Flycatcher 

 is found from south to north of England, but " rarely in Dorset- 

 shire and Devonshire," according to Yarrell, who does not name 

 Wales as visited by the species, nor is it included in the Cornwall 



* Macgillivray, (B. B. vol. iii. 94) to whom, as well as Sir Win, Jardine, this bird 

 is not knowu north of the Tweed. 



