FINCHES 379 



Several in the woods of Glainis and Lindertis : " Came with 



Crossbills in great numbers and destroyed the whole of 



the larch and fir cones for these two years past " — Don, 



"Faima of Forfarshire," 1813, p. 43. 

 One, Cavehill, near Belfast, Dec. 1819 : Thompson (on the 



authority of Templeton), " Nat. Hist. Irel. (Birds)," 



vol. i. p. 275. (Doubtful.) 

 One, Bill Quay, Newcastle : Selby, Trans. Nat Hist. ):ioc. 



Newcastle, 1831, p. 265. In the collection of Mr. Back- 

 house, a hen bird of a greenish-yellow colour. 

 Several seen on the Denes, Yarmouth, Nov. 1822 : Paget, 



" Sketch of Nat. Hist. Yarmouth," p. 6. (Doubtful.) 

 Two near Yarmouth : Lubbock, " Fauna of Norfolk," p. 36. 

 Two, Raveningham, Norfolk: Gurney and Fisher, Zool., 



1846, p. 1313.^ Probably the two mentioned by 



Lubbock, I.e. 

 A flock, Pembrokeshire, visited a hemp-yard, destroying 



all the hemp-seed : Fox, " Synops. Newcastle Mus.," 



p. 65. Possibly Crossbills. 

 One, Worcestershire, prior to 1834: Hastings, "Nat. Hist. 



Worcestershire (1834)," p. ^i\ No description of the 



species, nor particulars of capture. 

 One or more, Eccles, Berwickshire, prior to 1885 : Thomson, 



"Statistical Account of the Parish of Eccles" (1835). 



Probably a mistake. 

 One, Hurlston, Lancashire, prior to 1837 : Rylands, Nat, 



1837, p. 352. Mitchell, " Birds of Lancashire," p. 75. 

 One or more, Kent : Pemberton Bartlett, on the authority 



of Dr. Plomley, Zool, 1844, p. 621. 

 One, Harrow, Middlesex, prior to 1839: Yarrell, "Hist. 



Brit. Birds," vol. ii. p. 9 ; Harting, " Birds of Middlesex," 



p. 90. In the collection of F. Bond. 

 One, Rochdale, Lancashire, Feb. 1 845 : Rev. H. Clarke, 



Zool, 1845, p. 1025. 



^ With reference to these there appears to be some doubt ; cf. 

 Stevenson, " Birds of Norfolk," vol. i. p. 235, where it is also stated 

 that there are two specimens labelled "Norfolk" in the British 

 Museum without any history or date. See Zool., 1890, p. 128. 



