1 66 SISKIN. 



SCARLET ROSE FINCH. 



CARPODACUS ERITHRINUS. 

 Sub-family Fringillix^. Genus Carpodacus. 

 Has been captured twice on our shores. 



CANARY. 



FRINGILLA CANARIA. 



Sub-family Fringillin^, Genus Frixgilla. 



The Canary must be regarded as an accidental 

 visitor ; no doubt several recorded instances are those 

 of birds escaped from confinement. 



SERIN FINCH. 



FRINGILLA SERINUS. 

 Sub-family Frixgillix/e. Genus Frixgilla. 

 An occasional visitor. 



SISKIN. 



FRINGILLA SPINUS. 



Sub-family Frixgillix,^. Genus Frixgilla. 



A much commoner visitor than most of the birds 

 enumerated above, coming over in large numbers in 

 the autumn, but it does not very frequently nest here, 

 only occasionally. The Siskin very much resembles 

 the green variety of the Canary, and it fetches a high 

 price from bird fanciers, it being highly esteemed as a 

 pairing bird with the Canary. The nest is placed in a 



