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Savile G. Keid). This is by far the most northern locality 
we have record of up to date. We have no other authority 
for its occurrence.] 
53. Parus cseruleus, L. Blue Tit. 
Resident, occurring in all suitable localities along the south- 
east where there is wood ; naore frequently observed in 
winter. Rare in the west, and very local. Some years ago 
we described it as " common in the west, but local," but we 
now believe this to have been an error; otherwise there 
has been a change of circumstances. Our subsequent notes 
do not bear out the previously published statement. 
Mr. Reid records two or three specimens obtained near Wick 
and elsewhere in the county, and mentions their having 
been preserved. 
54. Lophophanes cristatus {L.). Crested Titmouse. 
Family SITTID^. 
55. Sitta caesia, JroZ/. Common Nuthatch. 
Family CERTHID.S. 
56. Certhia famih'aris, L. Tree Creeper. 
Resident, and common in the east, wherever there is suffi- 
cient wood, and we have obtained its nest there. Generally 
solitary, but Mr. Houstoun tells us that in the beginning of 
March 1882 he saw some dozens of these birds together, 
five of them on one tree. Unknown in the west ; common 
at Rosehall, and present at Lairg and at Tongue. 
A not very abundant species, resident in suitable localities, and 
has been observed by Mr. Osborne in the few small plan- 
tations that occur in the neighbourhood of Wick (0. MSS., 
1868). It is only marked as occasional in S. and O.'s List 
prior to 1862 ; Mr. W. Reid has obtained it from Dunbeath 
in 1880. 
