10 FRINGILLID © 
Family FRINGILLIDA, 
Sub-family FRINGILLINA. 
76. LicuRINUS CHLoRIS (Linn.). Greenfinch. 
Common resident and nesting. A heavy immigration in October and 
November. The old males collect in flocks independent of the females 
and young, and migrate separately. 
77. COCCOTHRAUSTES VULGARIS, Pall. Hawfinch. 
Not uncommon, nesting and resident throughout the year; has 
increased in numbers and considerably extended its range in the last 
twenty years. 
78. CARDUELIS ELEGANS, Steph. Goldfinch. 
Resident and nesting, and I am inclined to think has become in 
recent years more numerous. Is more frequent in the coast districts 
in autumn and winter. 
79. CARDUELIS sprInus (Linn.). Siskin. 
An autumn immigrant in small numbers in October, more particularly 
in the Spurn district, and occasionally associated with mealy redpolls. 
1881 was a great siskin year. 
80. SERINUS HoRTULANUS, K. L. Koch. Serin Finch. 
April 26th, 1897, Mr. G. C. Swailes, of Beverley, saw and heard for 
several days a wild male singing from a tree close to his aviaries, con- 
taining serins, in the gardens outside Beverley [‘ Manual Brit. Birds,’ 
Saunders’, 2nd ed., p. 177]. 
81. PAasseR DomEsTIcus (Linn.). Howse-Sparrow. 
Is much too plentiful in the corn-growing districts. Great flocks 
appear on the east coast in October and November, and there is not the 
least doubt these are immigrants from beyond the sea. 
82. PASSER MONTANUS (Linn.). Tvree-Sparrow. 
Resident and nesting. Immense flocks come to the east coast 
stubbles in October and November, and gradually distribute themselves 
through the country. There is a return migration in March. 
83. FRINGILLA CE&LEBS, Linn. Chaffinch. 
Very common, resident and nesting. The sexes separate into distinct 
flocks in the autumn and winter. An immense immigration of the 
young of both sexes, and also old females, into the coast districts in 
October, but old males are uncommon. 
84. FRINGILLA MONTIFRINGILLA, Linn. Brambling. 
An annual autumn immigrant in October, often in great numbers ; 
the flocks almost exclusively composed of old males. Earliest September 
26th, 1896; latest April 10th, 1866. Varieties with black throat not 
uncommon. For probable nesting in Yorkshire see ‘ Zoologist,’ 1864, 
p- 9210 (Atkinson). 
85. Linota cANNABINA (Linn.). Linnet. 
Resident, nesting and abundant. Immense arrivals in October on 
the coast in the autumn from the continent, where they continue for 
weeks to feed on the seeds of salt-loving plants. Nests plentifully 
amongst the coast dunes. 
