162 THE BIRDS OF KENT 



Genus SERINUS, Koch. 

 SEEIN. 



Serums serinus (Linn?eus). H.N., i., p. 3-20 (17G6). 



The Serin is an occasional visitor to this country, and 

 the only instance recorded of its occurrence in Kent is 

 that given by Mr. D. Seth Smith {Zoologist, 1904, p. 457) : 

 " On November 1(3, 1904, I received a live Serin {Serinus 

 hortulanus), which had been caught a few days before by 

 a bird-catcher at Dover, and I have since heard that 

 a second example was taken at the same place on the 

 day I received mine. Both these birds were associated 

 with Linnets." 



Genus LIGURINUS, Koch. 



GEEENFINCH. 



Ligurimis cJdoris (Linnaeus). S.N., i., p. 304 

 (17G6). 



Greenfinch, Boj^s, 1792. 



Among the summer and winter residents in Kent, the 

 Greenfinch may be considered one of the most numerous. 

 It is to be seen and heard all the year round, and 

 collects in large flocks in winter, mixed at times with 

 the Chaffinches, Sparrows and others, and breeds freely 

 in all the overgrown thorns, brambles and furze bushes 

 on the waste land, especially very old hedgerows. On 

 May 25 several nests were found with three eggs in 

 each, these were built with wool and green moss. Lord 

 Clifton, in writing to the Zoologist, 1867, says : " Mr. 



