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have been procured at Sherborne, August 2, 1882 

 (Naturalist, vol. ii. p. 250), Kimmeridge, Char- 

 mouth, Langton, Blandford, and Ensbury, near 

 Wimborne (Eev. J. II. Austen). Mr. W. Thompson 

 had one alive in confinement, which was caught at 

 Weymouth, December 23, 1870. Two were shot 

 at Langton Maltravers in August 1884, and three 

 were seen on Houghton Stubbs, July 10, 1886. A 

 nest and eggs were found in Warnwock Valley, 

 August 9, 1877. 



Fam. Fringilltd^. 



CHAFFINCH. FringWa ccelehs, L. 



Yarrell, ii. p. 68; Harting, p. 27; Dresser, iv. p. 3; Seehohm, 

 ii. p. 100; Ibis List, p. 52 ; Pulteney's List, p. 11. 



A well-known resident, and generally distributed 

 throughout the county. 



BRAMBLING. Fringilla montifringilla, L. 



Yarrell, ii. p. 75; Harting, p. 27; Dresser, iv. p. 15; Seehohm, 

 ii. p. 96; Ibis List, p. 52 ; Pidtenei/s List, p. 12. 



The Brambling is a winter visitant, arriving late 

 in autumn, and in some years in great numbers. 

 Pulteney says : " Great numbers were seen in 

 Dorsetshire in the winter of 1789-90, and were 

 very plentiful in the nursery-garden, Blandford, in 

 the winter of 1795." ^'^ ^^^e winters 1872-73 and 

 1880-81 it was particularly numerous, associating 

 with sparrows and chaffinches. It has been observed 



