FINCHES J7 



The specimen figured by Bewick was caught at sea 

 on the Yorkshire coast (Jardine, " Brit. Birds," ii. 

 p. 311); of rare occurrence in Yorkshire, where 

 one was seen on Guisborough Moor, Cleveland, 

 August 16, 1863 (Atkinson, ZooL, 1863, p. 8768). 

 In May 1883 Mr. Cordeaux noted its appearance in 

 North Lincolnshire, and in Sept. 1884 one was shot 

 at Cley, in Norfolk, consorting with Linnets. Several 

 instances of its occurrence in Sussex have been 

 noted by Mr. Borrer, and a few in Middlesex. Very 

 rare in Scotland; in November 1863 two were ob- 

 tained near Aberdeen ; two frequented the Isle of 

 May, Firth of Forth, from April 23 to May 2, when 

 one was shot (Migration Report, 1885, p. 26). 

 Harvie-Brown mentions one in Sinclair's collection 

 ("Fauna of Sutherland," p. 136). Very rare in 

 Ireland ; a specimen killed in Clare, from R, J. 

 Montgomery's collection, is in the Museum of the 

 Royal Dublin Society. 



Fam. FRINGILLIDiE. 



, CHAFFINCH. Fringilla coelebs, Linnaeus. PI. 13, figs. 

 Y- 7, 8. Length, 6 in.; wing, 3*5 in.; tarsus, 0-65 in. 



Resident ; generally distributed and common. > 

 The alleged separation of the sexes in winter, 

 which suggested to Linnseus the specific name 

 CGclehs, a bachelor, has been noticed by Gilbert 

 White (Letter xiii. to Pennant) and other ob- 

 servers ; but it is not universally the rule, for in 



