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fined to Eastern and Central Siberia and China. 

 See Baily, Naturalist, 1889, p. 356, and Tristram, 

 Ibis, 1889, p. 293, where the bird is figured. See- 

 bohm remarks [torn, cit., p. 296) that tlie specimen 

 obtained is nearer to the Chinese sub-species, E. 

 cioides castaneiceps, than to the typical Siberian form. 

 At all events, the occurrence of either form in the 

 British Islands is sufficiently remarkable ; the more 

 so when we consider the non-migratory habits of 

 most of the Emherizidse. 



Fam. FRINGILLID^. 



SERIN FINCH. Fringilla serinus,^ Linnseus. Length, 

 4*5 in. ; bill, 3 in. ; wing, 2*75 in. ; tarsus, 0*5 in. 



Hah. Southern Europe, wintering in North Africa. 



One near Portsmouth, April 1852 : Rev. W. Hazel, Nat, 



1853, p. 20. 

 One, Brighton Downs, June 20, 1859 : Bond, ZooL, 1860, 



p. 7105. In the collection of F. Bond. 

 One near Hampstead, Oct. 1859 : Bond, I.e. 

 Thi'ee near Brighton, autumn 1860 : Dawson RoAvley, Ibis, 



1861, p. 113. 

 One, Hove, near Brighton, April 19, 1866 : Monk, Zool., 



1866, p. 229. In the collection of T. J. Monk. 

 One, Bishop's Hull, Somerset, winter 1866 : Cecil Smith, 



" Birds of Somersetshire," p. 180. 

 One, Brighton, April 1869 : Bond, Zool, 1870, p. 1984. 

 One, Worthing, May 4, 1869 : Lucas, Field, June 12, 1869. 

 One, Brighton Downs, April 1870. In the collection of F. 



Bond. 

 One, Brighton Downs, April 1, 1873 : Borrer, " Birds of 



Sussex," p. 129. In the collection of W. Borrer. 



^ Serimis hortulanus, Koch. 



