. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. CERTHIID^. 119. THE WALL-CREEPER. Tich6droma muraria (Linnaeus). This inhabitant of the mountainous regions of Europe and Asia is a very unusual wanderer to England. The first authenticated instance was furnished by the late Thomas Bell, who published (Zool. p. 4664, and Tr. Norfolk and Norw. Nat. Soc. ii. p. 180) a letter from Robert Marsham of Stratton-Strawless, Norfolk, to Gilbert White of Selborne, dated October 30th 1792, containing an accurate description of a Wall-Creeper which had just been shot v/hilst flying about his house. Eigh
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. CERTHIID^. 119. THE WALL-CREEPER. Tich6droma muraria (Linnaeus). This inhabitant of the mountainous regions of Europe and Asia is a very unusual wanderer to England. The first authenticated instance was furnished by the late Thomas Bell, who published (Zool. p. 4664, and Tr. Norfolk and Norw. Nat. Soc. ii. p. 180) a letter from Robert Marsham of Stratton-Strawless, Norfolk, to Gilbert White of Selborne, dated October 30th 1792, containing an accurate description of a Wall-Creeper which had just been shot v/hilst flying about his house. Eighty years later Mr. F. S. Mitchell stated (Zool. p. 4839) that one, then in his possession, was shot on May 8th 1872, at Sabden, at the foot of Pendle Hill, in Lancashire, when flying around a tall chimney, and attracting the attention of the mill-hands by its crimson-banded wings. Mr. W. R. Butterfield recorded (Zool. 1896, p. 302) the occurrence of an adult in breeding-plumage some years ago near Winchelsea, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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