14 A HAND-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



CARDUELIS CITRINELLA 



26. Carduelis citrinella citrinella (L.)— THE CITRIL FINCH. 



Fringilla Citrinella Linn?eus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, i, p. 320 (1766 — 

 " Hab. in Europa australi." Restricted typical locality : Alps ; Hartert, 

 Vog. pal. Fauna, i, p. 81). 



Citril Finch, Yarrell, 11, p. 113 (in footnote) ; Saunders, p. 178 (in text) ; 

 Clmjsomitris citrinella, id., Brit. B., i, p. 12. 



Distribution. — England. — One. Female Yarmouth (Norfolk) Jan. 

 29, 1904 (J. H. Gurney, ZooL, 1905, p. 91). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — ^IMountain-systems of central and south 

 Europe. Replaced by a local race in Corsica, Sardinia, and 

 perhaps parts of Italy. 



CARDUELIS CANNABINA 



27. Carduelis cannabina cannabina (L.) — THE LINNET. 



Fringilla cannabina Linna?us, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 182 (1758 — 



Europe. Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Linota cannabina (Linnaeus), Yarrell, 11, p. 153 ; Saunders, p. 187. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Resident. Common and widely 

 distributed, but uncommon and local in west Scotland and 

 I. Hebrides ; rare vagrant 0. Hebrides and apparently so Shet- 

 lands ; recorded several times Fair Isle and common nester and 

 migrant Orkneys. 



Migrations. — British Isles. — Our home-bred birds (or in any case 

 a proportion of them) move south autumn, many crossing Channel 

 and returning spring. Large numbers of Continental immigrants 

 arrive east coasts Great Britain autumn and return spring. Fre- 

 quently observed as immigrant on Irish coasts both spring and 

 autumn, but movements not clearly worked out. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Europe generally, except in the high 

 north. Replaced by smaller forms in Mediterranean countries and 

 Atlantic isles, and by a lighter one in parts of west Asia. 



SERINUS CANARIUS 



28. Serinus canarius serinus (L.) — THE SERIN. 



Fringilla Serinus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, i, p. 320 (1766 — South 



Europe). 



Serinus hortulana K. L. Koch, Yarrell, 11, p. Ill ; Saunders, p. 177. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Rare vagrant. About twenty 

 recorded England, ten being from Sussex coast, where also small 

 flock said to have been seen, three each Kent and Norfolk, one or 



