COL. CAMPBELL ON DISTRIBUTION OF PERTHSHIRE BIRDS. I03 
of Greenland, and has been seen in Bermuda by Colonel Drummond 
Hay. 
SvLviADiE.—The Red Start (^Ruticilla plicenicurus)^ a not un¬ 
common bird in our woods, is distributed throughout Europe. I 
remember seeing one near Stromness so late as the month of 
November. 
The Red-breast or Robin {Eritliacus ruhecula) is, I need hardly say, 
a common bird in Perthshire. I may mention that on one occasion 
a pair of Robins selected the pulpit in the chapel at the General 
Prison as a building place, and successfully brought up their brood. 
I wish all Prison birds were as confiding and innocent as that family 
of Robins. 
The White Throat {S. rufa\ the Lesser White Throat (6'. cilv- 
ruca), the Black Cap {S. atricapilla)^ and the Garden Warbler 
salicaria) are spread over Europe and Central Asia. I myself have 
not observed either the Black Cap or Garden Warbler in Perthshire; 
but Colonel Drummond Hay sends me the following note :—“ The 
Black Cap and Garden Warbler are by no means uncommon in Perth¬ 
shire, though the Lesser White Throat is, I may say, almost accidental. 
The White Throat is very abundant.” Dr. Jerdon describes all the 
above in his “ Birds of India.” 
The Golden-crested Wren {Regulus cristatus) so common in our 
fir woods, and the allied species, the Fire-crested Regulus (R. igni- 
capillus) so extremely rare with us, extend in suitable localities to the 
pine covered slopes of the Himalayas. 
The same may be recorded of the Chiff-Chaff {Phylloscopus colly- 
hitci)^ the Willow Wren {Fh. trochilus)^ the Wood Wren {Ph. sibila- 
trix), the Reed Warbler {Acrocep/ialus streperus), the Sedge Warbler 
{A. sch(Bnobcenus), the Grasshopper Warbler (Locustel/a ncevid)^ the 
latter a very rare bird with us, and the Hedge Sparrow {^Accentor 
uiodularis), as common as the other is rare. All these birds are 
migratory to the Northern Countries of Europe, though, as is well 
known, the latter remains with us throughout the year. 
PARiDiU.—The Great Tit {Pams 7 najor)^ the Blue Tit {P. ccetu- 
leus)^ the Long-tailed Tit {Acredula rosea), and the English Cole Tit 
{P. britafinicus), a form of P. ater, are common all over the country 
in the wooded districts, and only last week, I saw the whole four 
species in one of the large woods at Stobhall. All these Tits are 
found throughout Europe and extend to Central Asia as well, 
although Colonel Drummond Hay considers the two latter species to 
be distinct from the European birds. He also informs me that “ two 
specimens of the Crested Tit {Lophophanes cristatus) were shot at 
Blairdrummond by the late Dr. Saxby, in April, 1858,—quite entitling 
them to a place in the Perthshire list.” 
