36 Mr. A. G. More on the Distribution of Birds 
CoccoTHRAUSTES VULGARIS (Steph.). Hawfinch. 
Provinces IT. Tif. TV. V. VIII. X. 
Subprovinces 4,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 20, 22: 
Lat. 50°-54°. “English” type. Not in Ireland. 
Apparently increasing, and reported as now breeding regu- 
larly in Wilts, Kent, Surrey, Essex, Middlesex, and Bucks. The 
nest has also been found in Dorset (Mr. H. Groves), Hants, 
Sussex, Herts, Berks, Oxford, Suffolk, Norfolk, Warwick, Rut- 
land, Derby; and at Cusworth near Doncaster (Mr. H. Reid). 
Mr. T. Edward informs me that he believes a pair bred, a few 
years ago, near to the town of Banff. 
FRINGILLA CARDUELIS (Linn.). Goldfinch. 
Provinces I.—X VII. 
Subprovinces 1-34, 35. 
Lat. 50°-59°. “ British ” type, or general. 
Rare in the north of Scotland, though reputed to breed re- 
gularly in Ross-shire (Mr. Danford) and occasionally in Caith- 
ness (Mr. H. Osborne) ; the late Mr. St. John also observed the 
bird in Sutherland. 
The Goldfinch is said to be decreasing in several of the 
northern districts; and if we look to the account given by 
Mr. Knox of the great numbers annually destroyed by bird- 
catchers in the autumnal migration, there can be no doubt that 
the Goldfinch and many other of the Finches and Linnets are 
destroyed in a most reckless and unprofitable manner. Without 
wishing for protective laws like those enacted in France, we can- 
not avoid registering this protest against the cruel and useless 
slaughter which Mr. Knox deplores, in his ‘ Ornithological 
Rambles’ (ed. 3, p. 78). 
FRINGILLA spinus (Linn.). Siskin. 
Provinces 11. TUL TX. xX. Xi. KOT. Ke 
Subprovinces 4, 7, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 382, 
34, 35. 
Lat. 50° or 54°-59°. “Scottish ” type. Not positively known 
to breed in Ireland (Zool. p. 3708). 
The Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge tells me that he once found a 
