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LINOTA FLAVIROSTRIS 
LocaL names in surrounding counties : 
Status tN British Avirauna: A local resident, and far 
more widely dispersed in winter than in summer; com- 
monest, perhaps. during the latter season in the west of 
Scotland. It is generally distributed over heath- lanes 
and moors in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, i 
winter resorting to more cultivated district s. 
RapraL DistriBUTION WITHIN FIFTEEN MILES OF ST. 
Paut’s: ‘The Twite is one of the rarest and most local of 
London’s bird visitors. I know of no record of this species 
breeding anywhere within the Metropolitan area, and it 
can only be classed as an irregular and scarce autumn and 
winter wanderer. Information respecting its distribu- 
tion within our limits is singularly meagre, a fact which 
confirms the rarity of the species therein. It may, of 
course, be overlooked to a very considerable extent, for it 
is given to much wandering during the non-breeding 
season. ‘There are many localities in which one might 
reasonably expect to find it occasionally, but I have 
searched most of them in vain, and although I have had 
a long and varied experience of. the bird in its normal 
haunts I have never yet had the pleasure of meeting with 
it in or near the Metropolis. I have spoken to many 
bird-catchers in and about the suburbs, but the ‘Twite, 
it is very evident, is practically unknown to; them. 
It is unnecessary in the present work to dwell at any 
length upon the habits of the Twite. These closely 
resemble during winter those of the Linnet ; and, indeed, 
the Twite is not unfrequently found consorting with 
that species. Its food is similar, it has the same simple 
twitter of a song, and its call-note—a long-drawn twa-1te— 
gives the species its English name. It nests on the moors 
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