656 PRACTICAL ORNITHOLOGY. 



have this bird, I cannot speak as to the extent of its distribu- 

 tion or habits. 

 65. Chaffinch. Fringilla Coeleh.'i. Permanently resident. Abun- 

 dant. Very destructive to the buds of the cherry and apple. 

 Subject to variety in plumage. In winter gregarious. 

 66. Mountain Finch. Fringilla Montlfringilla. A winter 

 visitor. Nearly every year many specimens are obtained. 

 I have noticed it in Staffordshire, feeding in company with 

 Chaffinches, Linnets, and Buntings, on the stubbles, and 

 in the farm-yards. 



67. Tree Sparrow. Passer montanus. Permanently resi- 

 dent, and pretty extensively distributed. 



68. House Sparrow. Passer domesticus. Permanently resi- 

 dent. Extremely abundant. Subject to variety in plumao-e. 



69. Green Finch. Linaria Chloris. Permanently resident. 

 Abundant, and generally distributed. In winter gre- 

 garious. 



70. Hawfinch. Coccothraustes atrogularis. A winter visitor, 

 or straggler. Feeds on haws, seeds of the hornbeam, and 

 berries of the mountain-ash and ivy. Visits Ganendon 

 Park, in parties of five or six. Several were shot in 1839-40, 

 about the woodlands of Ansty. 



71. Goldfinch. Cai'duelis elegans. Abundant throughout the 

 year, although not so numerous as formerly, the improve- 

 ments in agriculture having extirpated many of the weeds 

 on which it used to feed. 



72. Sisl'in. Carduelis spinus. A winter visitor. Rather rare, 

 appearing now and then in little parties of five and six, 

 haunting waste lanes, where thistles abound. It does not 

 stay to breed with us. 



73. Common Linnet. Linaria cannabina. Abundant through- 

 out the year. Nestles in the holly hedge, hawthorn bush, 

 and gorse. Gregarious after the breeding season, associat- 

 ing with Chaffinches, Sparrows, and other small birds, 

 frequents stubble-fields, and close sequestered lanes, and in 

 winter haunts farm-yards. 



74. Lesser Redpoll. Linaria minor. Common with us in 

 the winter season, keeping in happy parties, affecting the 

 stubbles, and at times associating with the Goldfinch. 



