i8o THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



Flamborough it breeds in the upper parts of the cliffs, and 

 also in Lloyd's signal tower. 



At Linton-on-Ouse, in i860, J. Ranson had upwards of 

 a hundred eggs through his hands, and did not find so much 

 dissimilarity amongst them as in the ordinary House Sparrow. 



The local names recorded are : — Rock Sparrow at 

 Halifax ; and Red - headed Sparrow at Linton - on - Ouse. 

 Mountain Sparrow is Pennant's name ; and Cuddy was 

 applied to it in the North Riding by Tunstall (but I do not 

 find mention elsewhere of this name as referring to the Tree 

 Sparrow.) 



CHAFFINCH. 

 Fringilla ccelebs (Z.). 



Resident, generally distributed, common. A great influx of 

 migrants takes place in autumn. 



This species was first noticed as a Yorkshire bird by 

 Marmaduke Tunstall, in 1784, thus : — "The Chaffinch — Frin- 

 gilla ccelebs. In the north of England called Spink from its 

 cry, as is probably its French name Pinion ; also White Linnet 

 and sometimes Flaxfinch." (Tunst. MS. 1784, p. 67.) 



Thomas Allis, 1844, wrote : — 



Fringilla ccelebs. — Chaffinch — Very common. 



The well-known and favourite " Spink " of birds' nesting 

 boys is abundantly distributed in all parts of the county, 

 excepting the moorlands, ascending the dales to a height of 

 1 100 feet, at which elevation it has nested in Teesdale where 

 it replaces the House Sparrow. 



During the autumn migration immense numbers arrive 

 on the coast from mid-September to the end of November, 

 often in company with Larks, Greenfinches, and other small 

 migrants, the first flocks usually consisting of young birds ; 

 the adult males, in comparatively small numbers, coming 



