212 Mr. F. Du Cane Godman on the Resident and 



common species, though in the Canaries it seems seldom to 

 descend lower than 2000 feet above the sea. In habits it is 

 very like our Chaffinch {F. ccelehs) ; and, like it, the number of 

 males seems greatly to exceed that of the females. It builds a 

 larger and more clumsy nest than our bird ; its eggs are a little 

 larger, but much resemble them in colouring. 



47. tLiNOTA CANNABiNA (Linn.). 



Fringilla cannabina, W. & B. Orn. Can. p. 22 ; Bolle, J. fiir 

 Orn. 1854, p. 459, and 1857, p. 31 7 ; Vern. Hare. Ann. & Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 1855, xv. p. 437. 



Found in Madeira and the Canaries abundantly ; it does not 

 occur in the Azores. Unlike the continental Linnet, the male 

 retains the red breast all the winter ; in other respects it does not 

 differ. It is found principally in the open fields. 



48. fAcANTHis cARDUELis (Linn.). 



Fringilla carduelis, W. & B. Orn. Can. p. 22 ; Bolle, J. fiir 

 Orn. 1854, p. 459; Vern. Hare. Ann, & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 

 1855, XV. p. 437. 



Carduelis elegans, Bolle, J. fiir Orn. 1857, p. 318. 



The Goldfinch is very common, both in Madeira and the Ca- 

 naries, but is not found in the Azores. It does not differ from 

 our European bird. 



49. Chrysomitris spinus (Linn.). 



Finngilla spinus, W. & B. Orn. Can. p. 23 ; Bolle, J. fiir Orn. 

 1854, p. 459. 



Chrysomitris spinus, Bolle, J. fiir Orn. 1857, p. 317. 



Recorded by Webb and Berthelot from Teneriffe, where, 

 however, I did not see it. Bolle says it nests in the pine-woods 

 in the mountain-region. 



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50. tSERiNus CANARius (Liun.). 



Fringilla canaria, W. & B. Orn. Can. p. 21 ; Bolle, J. fiir Orn. 

 1854, p. 457; Heineken, Zool. Journ. v. p. 70. 



Serinus canarius, Bolle, J. fiir Orn. 1858, p. 125. 



Fringilla butyracea, Vern. Hare. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 

 2, 1855, XV. p. 437. 



The wild Canaiy of the Atlantic islands is the original stock 



