FRINGILLID ih 
86. Linota LinaRtA (Linn.). Mealy Redpoll. 
An autumn immigrant in October, more particularly in the Spurn 
district, but of very irregular occurrence; was common in 1876, 1881, 
1889, and 1895, in some years unobserved. 
87. LinoTA HORNEMANNI, Holb. Greenland Redpoll. 
February 25th, 1893, Mr. Hewetson and I saw a very handsome 
adult male clinging to the top of a dead thistle on Kilnsea common, 
Holderness coast. One was obtained in the same locality in October, 
1883, and another in October, 1893, and the former of these is figured in 
Lord Lilford’s ‘ Illustrations of Birds of the British Islands,’ vol. vies 
plate 29. The closely allied race ACANTHIS EXILIPES (Coues) has also 
occurred. Two in the writer’s possession, male and female, were shot 
from a hedge at Skeffling, Holderness, on December 80th, 1898. 
88. LinoTA RUFESCENS (Vieill.). Lesser Redpoll. 
Not uncommon, resident and nesting. Appears to have increased 
in recent years. Not uncommon in flocks in the coast districts in 
autumn, and in 1882 in October was especially numerous. Very partial 
to the neighbourhood of uncut beanfields. 
89. LinoTa FLAVrROsTRIS (Linn.). Tvwite. 
Very large numbers occur in flocks at the Spurn and on the Lincoln- 
shire coast in October. There is a return migration about the middle of 
March, at which time the males have acquired the rose-red rump. 
90. PyrrHULA EUROPa@A (Vieill.). Bullfinch. 
Fairly common resident, and nesting. Wanders considerably in the 
autumn, feeding on wild fruits and berries. 
91. Pyrruuta masor, C. L. Brehm. Northern Bullfinch. 
Early in November, 1894, one shot at Hunmanby near Filey. This, 
a beautiful adult Faeiles is figured in Lord Lilford’s illustrations of 
‘Birds of British Islands,’ mon iv., plate 70, and is now in the 
Edinburgh Museum. Another was shot about tine same date at Kilnsea 
in Holderness, and was subsequently placed in the British Museum 
[‘Nat.,’ 1896, p. 4]. 
92. Loxta curvirostrRa, Linn. Crossbill. 
Probably resident and nesting, as it is found in certain localities 
through the year where conifers flourish. Sometimes fairly numerous 
in the autumn and winter, wandering in flocks about the country. 
Special years were 1868, 1888, 1894, and 1898, commencing in July. 
In 1876 in the late autumn at Flamborough, with snow buntings, i in a 
N.E. gale. 
93. Loxta piryopsitracus, Bechst. Parrot Crossbill. 
Dr. Boulton, of Beverley, had an example shot by Mr. M. Bailey at 
Flamborough early in August, 1866. Modern authorities do not con- 
sider this stout-billed form a separate species. 
94. Loxta BirascraTa (C. L. Brehm). Two-barred Crossbill. 
August 12th, 1889, at Easington, Holderness [‘ Nat.,’ 1889, p. 314]. 
In the same season a beautiful adult male shot at South Cockerington, 
near Louth, Lincolnshire, in September. This latter is figured in Lord 
Lilford’s illustrations, ‘Birds of British Islands,’ vol. iv., plate 38. 
It is now in the Edinburgh Museum. 
