CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 203 



COLE TIT. 



Case 271. 



Tlie Cole Tit is common from north to south, being 

 particularly abundant among the fir plantations in 

 the Highlands. 



The specimens were obtained in the Tarlogie Woods, 

 near Tain, in Ross-shire, in June, 1869. 



CHAFFINCH. 



Case 272. 



Though the Chaffinch is a resident at all times and 

 seasons in the British Islands, numbers arrive in the 

 autumn from the North of Europe, and having had 

 wings sent me from the lightships during the early 

 spring, I conclude our visitors depart again at that 

 season. 



The specimens in the case were obtained in the 

 neighbourhood of Brighton, in May, 1872. 



GOLDFINCH. 



Case 278. 



Thanks to the birdcatchers, Gfoldfinches have greatly 

 decreased in the last twenty years. It is seldom that 

 a flock of from fifteen to twenty is met with at the 

 present time, where formerly the birds could be seen 

 in hundreds. 



The specimens in the case were obtained at 

 Hickling, in Norfolk, in June, 1873. 



