190 THE BIRDS OF KENT 



TWITE. 



Linota flavirostris (Linngeus). H.N., i., p. 322 

 (1766). 



Mountain Linnet, Boys, 1792. 



The Mountain Linnet, or Twite, is onl>' an autumn 

 and winter visitor to Kent, keeping generally to the 

 coast-line and marshes of the eastern portion of the 

 county, very rarely coming inland. 



Mr. W. H. Power, in his Birds Observed at Bainham, 

 says : " This regular winter visitant to the marshes made 

 its appearance this year (1865) on October 2. These 

 sober-coloured but lively little birds feed principally on 

 the seeds of the Marsh plants growing on the ' saltings,' 

 which are covered during springtides. They generally 

 fly in small flocks, of ten or a dozen, and are very rest- 

 less, especially in windy weather, when they constantly 

 change their feeding-grounds. Occasionally they may 

 be found associating with Linnets, from whose note 

 their own is scarcely to be distinguished, except by a 

 practised ear. On October 1, 1868, a flock arrived on 

 the marshes, and became numerous by the end of the 

 first week." 



Genus PYRRHULA, Brisson. 



BULLFINCH. 



PyrrJiula pijrrliula (Linnaeus). S.N., i., p. 300 

 (1766). 



Throughout the county the Bullfinch is generally to be 

 found in the wild bramble-covered wastes and thickets, 

 always in pairs, and by no means abundant, but its 



