190 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



yet it holds its own in localities where it is secure from 

 molestation by the professional bird-catchers. In the East 

 Riding it is rare as a resident, and best known as a spring 

 migrant, retiring southward in autumn. The statement in 

 Yarrell's " British Birds " {1849 Ed., Vol. i., p. 515) that 

 Halifax is the limit of the Redpoll's southern range is 

 inaccurate, as it is known to breed in the midland and 

 southern counties of England. 



Its ranks receive considerable additions in autumn and 

 winter from more northern latitudes ; at the migratory season 

 large flocks of new arrivals may be observed on the Cleveland 

 sea-board, also at Flamborough and Spurn, generally in 

 October when the main stream of migration is flowing ; it 

 was especially numerous in October 1882 ; and at Flam- 

 borough in December 1895, and January 1896, there were 

 more than had been known altogether for the previous 

 twenty years {Nat. 1890, p. 84). 



An albino variety was reported by W. Illingworth, from 

 Horbury near Wakefield on 21st September 1872, and a 

 white one, picked up at Kirkheaton, is now in Mr. Alfred 

 Beaumont's collection at Lewisham. 



Its local and vernacular names are : — Red Linnet in the 

 West Riding ; Rose Linnet about York ; Chivey about 

 Huddersfteld ; Chippet Linnet at Doncaster (1849) ; and 

 Redcap at Ackworth ; while Chivey or Chevy Linnet and 

 French Linnet are in general use. 



TWITE. 

 Linota flavirostris (/>.). 



Resident ; not uncommonly distributed on moorlands of the West 

 Riding, more sparingly in the North Riding. An influx of migrants 

 in autumn. 



The earliest published reference to this bird as occurring 

 in Yorkshire is a description of an example obtained near 



