THE TWITE 



LiNOTA FLAVIROSTRIS 



The Twite is one of our less familiar species, 

 especially during the spring and summer, when its 

 resorts are the moorland-. This species occurs 

 wherever there are suitable moors, from the Mid- 

 lands, northwards to the Orkneys and Shetlands, 

 and westwards to the Hebrides and St. Kilda. 

 There are no moors on the latter group of islands, 

 but they are a resort of the Twite notwithstanding. 

 In Ireland the Twite is also widely dispersed over 

 most of the elevated moors. Outside the limits of 

 the British Islands the Twite has a most restricted 

 range, being known to breed only in Norway, and 

 even there principally near the coast. During 

 winter it migrates southwards, chiefly down the 

 extreme western districts, and rarely reaches any 

 of the countries bordering the northern shores of 

 the Mediterranean. 



There can be little doubt that the Twites which 

 breed within our area are sedentary, in the sense 



