BRITISH SPECIES UNKNOWN AS IRISH. 
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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 Girl 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 ammal 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 Bed-backed Shrike frequents England rather 
commonly to the west and north inclusive. The Pied Ely catcher 
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 Wm, Jardine, this bird 
is not known north of the Tweed. 
