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them to remain during the whole year, but Herr Lindner 

 has observed specimens in winter, 



Chloris chloris (L.). 

 Common. 



Fringilla c^elebs, L. 



Common. Although many remain during the winter in. 

 Western Germany, this is not the case in Prussia. 



Fringilla montifringilla, L. 

 Common in winter_, October to ApriL 



Passer domesticus (L.). 

 Passer montanus (L.). 

 Both common. 



Coccothraustes coccothraustes (L.). 

 Not rare. Nests at the end of May. 



Sturnus vulgaris, L, 



Common in summer, but never seen after October. I 

 think I have procured only one specimen during the breeding- 

 season, and this was one of the intermediate forms between 

 the true western Sturnus vulgaris and Sturnus menzbieri, 

 Sharpe. This form is probably the only one that breeds 

 in Prussia. Immense numbers used to roost among the reeds 

 of the Haffs after the breeding-season. 



Pastor roseus (L.). 



Has been shot several times (1865, 187G), but is a very 

 rare straggler. 



Oriolus galbula, L. 



Very common, especially in the forests of Alnus glutinosa, 

 and those consisting of Pinus sylvestris. Considerable 

 individual variations in colour seem to be not rare. Several 

 examples of these are in the Homeyer collection. 



NUCIFRAGA CARYOCATACTES (L.). 



The Thick-billed Nutcracker, the Nucifraga brachyrhyncha 

 of Brehm, to which the name A^. caryocatactes of Linna3us 

 should be restricted, is a resident bird in the fir-forests in 

 the easternmost parts of East Prussia. It is so stationary 



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