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the old castle of Cilli when there in the spring of 1866; and a specimen in the flesh was brought 
in by a peasant lad when he was there. Kreener states that it “‘appears occasionally in the rocky 
parts of the Vosges. It was killed in 1854 in the depths of the Hohwald by M. Marschal, forester 
of the Strasburg woods, and given to M. Imbach, of Andlau. It was also killed at the Niedech 
cascade by M. Kneiff, a physician, and presented to the Strasburg Museum.” 
Our friend Mr. Carl Sachse, of Coblentz, writes us that the Wall-creeper occasionally 
straggles to the Rhine; and the Central Rhine is probably the northern limit of its range. In 
February 1860, one was sent to Mr. Sachse from Andernach, and had been observed there for 
several days previously, frequenting the old Roman wall. It flew into the room of the prison- 
warder, who caught it. Prince Maximilian of Wied procured a specimen at Windhagen, near 
Monrepos, about six miles from Neuwied. De Selys-Longchamps says that it is sometimes found 
in the Ardennes, near Rocroy, on the Belgian frontier. In Loraine and Picardy it is occasional. 
De la Fontaine records the capture of a specimen at Metz, and of another at Tréves. Borggreve 
states that it only occasionally occurs in North Germany, as, for instance, twice at Trier (Schéfer), 
once at Neuwied (Brahts), several times in the mountains of Silesia (Gloger), and found breeding 
in the high Tatra by Schauer. Dr. Altum also records one, a straggler, killed at Osnabriick. 
Count Wodzicki writes that it is “ found in the Tatra mountains, on the limestone rocks; but I 
have never seen it on the damp, cold granite. From its mysterious and peaceable mode of life, 
its silence, and its inaccessible habitation, it is only seen by ornithologists, and no one else would 
know it as a Polish bird; it climbs about the perpendicular precipices, busy hunting after spiders 
and insects, moves horizontally, examining each fissure, and in its movements reminds one of a 
Nuthatch, and is so active that, when one loses sight of it, it is difficult to get a glimpse of it 
again. It flies noiselessly, like a nocturnal bird, when moving from one place to another, and at 
times rises into the air, and remains for a second in one place without moving the wings. I 
found two nests, at about 200 feet height, in cavities not very deep, in one of which there appeared 
to be young in June, as the parent birds were continually bringing food; in the other the female 
appeared to be sitting, as the male often came, and the female would then show her head and 
retire again after obtaining the food. In spite of a large reward I offered, I could find no one 
who would venture down on a rope to take these nests.” Lindermayer did not succeed in seeing 
it in Greece, but states that it is doubtless found there as a resident, and has been observed 
breeding on Parnassus and other mountains in Northern Greece. Von der Mihle shot one in 
the Maina, on Petroboune, and saw several in the castle of Mistra, both at the mouth of the 
Taygetus. Mr. Robson writes :—‘‘ This species is very rare in Asiatic and European Turkey. I 
have only seen one specimen, taken in the spring migration, on board a ship on the Bosphorus.” 
Turning southward sto Palestine, Canon Tristram mentions that it is found in the wadies near 
Gennesaret, in the deep Glen of the Litany, and in the dells of Lebanon, and that it is a per- 
manent resident in Palestine; and, according to Riippell, it is found in Egypt and Abyssinia; but 
no confirmation of this fact has ever been received since the time of the last-named author. 
My. Keith Abbott obtained the present bird at Trebizond; and Ménétriés says that during his 
expedition to the Caucacus it was observed on the rocks which border the sea near Bakou, in the 
month of April: we have likewise seen specimens from Turkestan. Dr. Henderson favours us 
with the following note on the present bird, as observed by him during the recent expedition to 
