112 FAUNA OF FALMOUTH. 



iaflorescence to awe intruders upon its privacy. Potcriim sanfjuisorha partially 

 unfolded. Pohjgala vulgaris — one specimen dn bloom. This is a beautiful 

 flower, and when seen in large clusters, as it is here in the summer-time, is 

 remarkably attractive. In a rivulet, JVasturtium officinale. 



Having reached my boundary, Bovisand, which overlooks the Breakwater, I 

 find there Selene maritima, and an immense patch of Mocnchia erecta — men- 

 tioned before, but worthy, from its abundance here, of being named again. I 

 must not trespass further upon your space, than to say that on my homeward 

 walk, I added to my collection Specularia hyhnda and Linum catliarticum ; 

 and that, while scudding hastily along, my attention was arrested by a small 

 bed of Myosotis, which should be versicolor by its form, but the corollas were 

 perfectly white, and the plants of a much paler green than usual — a variety 

 unnoticed by me before. 



IsAiAii W. N. Keys. 



riijmoutJi, May lUJi., I80I. 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FAUNA OF FALMOUTH. 



BY W. r. COCKS, ESQ. 

 (Cnntlmied from page &\i.) 



Girl Bunting, (Emberiza cirlus,) Mont. — Not uncommon. 



Chaffinch, (Fi'ingilla coelebs,) Fenn. — Common. 



Mountain Finch, (Fringilla montifringlUa,) Fenn. — Two shot in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Falmouth, February, 1847; in the possession of Mr. N. Tresidder. 

 Several at Pennance Point in the winter of 184G and 1847. March 19th., 

 1849, a fine male specimen on a branch of the black thorn, leading to the 

 Furze common, Swanpool. 



Tree Sparrow, (Passer montanus,) Selhy. — Pennance and Swanpool, January, 

 1850: rare. 



House Sparrow, (Passer domesticus,) Selhy. — Common. 



Gre^7ifinr]i, (Coccothraustes chloris,) Fleni. — Woodlane Terrace; three in 

 old Penryn road, November, 1849: scarce. 



Harofinch, (Coccothraustes vulgaris,) Flem. — Woodlane, Trefusis, etc.: scarce. 



Goldfinch, (Carduelis elegans,) Selby. — Common. 



Siskin, (Carduelis spinus,) Selhy. — Rare. I examined the two that were 

 shot in the neighbourhood in 1847. Male and female on a blackberry branch, 

 old Penryn road, November 30th., 1849; one near Penryn road, January 

 10th., 1850. 



Common Linnet, (Linota cannabina,) Yar. — Common. 



Mealy Redpole, (Linota canescens,) Qould. — Fields near Pennance: rare. 



Lesser Redpole, (Linota linaria,) Yar. — In the same locality: scarce. 



Bullfinch, (Pyrrhula vulgaris,) Fhm. — Not common. 



Common Crossbill, (Loxia curvirostra,) Fenn. — One was shot in the Orchard, 

 Grove hill, Woodlane, by Mr. T. S. Skinner. The specimen was preserved. 



