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One, Great Yarmouth, June 13, 1885 : Stevenson, " Birds 



of Norfolk," vol. iii. p. 379. 

 One, Yarmouth, Feb. 5, 1887: Stevenson, ZooL, 1888, 



p. 84, and Trans. Norf. Nat. Soc, vol. iv. p. 392. 

 One, Rottingdean, near Brighton, Jan. 27, 1888 : Chase, 



Zool, 1888, p. 108. 

 One between Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton, Nov. 29, 



1891 : Paisley, Zool, 1892, p. 114. 

 One near Dublm, Jan. 2, 1893: Williams, Zool, 1893, 



p. 108 : Ussher, " Birds of Ireland," p. 59. In Museum 



of Science and Art, Dublin. 



Ohs. There are four small Finches of the Serin 

 type possessing such general resemblance in size and 

 colour, that at first glance they are not easy to dis- 

 tinguish ; and as they are all reported to have been 

 taken in England at various times, and may be 

 again noticed as occasional visitants, it may be well 

 to point out the chief distinguishing characters : — 



(l.) The Cape Canary, Fringilla canicollis (Swain- 

 son), Serinus canicollis (Sharpe), a common cage- 

 bird, has a bill like a Greenfinch, F. chloris, but 

 smaller ; forehead and chin greenish-yellow ; nape 

 and sides of neck grey ; dorsal plumage greenish- 

 yellow, mixed with ashen-grey ; outer webs of all 

 the black primaries strongly marked with greenish- 

 yellow. Length, 5 in. ; bill, 04 ; wing, 3 in. ; tarsus, 

 05 in. 



(2.) The Citril Finch of Latham {Fringilla cit" 

 rinella, Linn., Chrysomitris citrinella, Sharpe), of 

 Central and Southern Europe, closely resembles 

 the Cape Canary, but has the under parts greener, 

 the dorsal plumage of a greyer tone, and the wing- 



