50 CERTHIIDiE. 



General Distribution. — The Scandinavian Rock - Pipit 

 breeds on the Baltic coasts of Scandinavia, the Danish 

 Islands, and, it is said, on the White Sea. In winter it is 

 niet with on the coasts of Germany, Holland, Belgium, 

 northern France, and Heligoland. 



Family CERTHIIDiE. 

 Genus CERTHIA Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 118. 

 Type : C. familiaris Linn. 



Certhia, the late Latin form of KepBtos, a bird known to Aristotle. 



Certhia familiaris. Noethern Tree-Creeper. 



Certhia familiaris Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 118 : 



Sweden. 

 Certhia familiaris Linn. ; Qadow, Cat. Birds B. M. viii. 1883, 

 p. 323 (part.) ; Clarice, Ann. Scottish Nat. Hist. 1907, p. 72. 



TamUiaris = familiar, from familia = the household. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Ears Visitor. Has 

 twice occurred at Fair Isle, Shetlands, Dec. 1906 and April 

 1913. 



General Distribution. — The Northern Tree-Creeper inhabits 

 Scandinavia and northern Russia to east Germany, Poland, 

 the Carpathians, and north Caucasus, also Siberia to the Sea 

 of Okhotsk. It is confined to the regions of forest-growth. 

 It is represented by other races in other parts of Europe, in 

 Asia, and in North America. 



Certhia familiaris britannica. British 

 Tree-Creeper. 



Certhia brittanica Ridgway, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. 



1882, p. 113 : England. 



Certhia familiaris (Linn.) ; Qadow, Oat. Birds B. M. viii. 1883 

 p. 323 (part.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 45 ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 117. 



Brittanica, properly bnia?i«wa=British. 



