48 THE BIRDS OF DORSET. 



TWITE. Linota flavirostris, (L.) 



Yarrell, ii. p. 160 ; Harting, p. 28 ; Dresser, iv. p. 59 ; Ibis 

 List, p. 54 ; Fringilla flavirostris, Seebohm, ii. p. in; Frin- 

 gilla rnontium, Pulteneijs List, p. 1 2. 



The Twite is a winter visitant, and according to 

 Pulteney, although "not common, sometimes ob- 

 served in Dorset." Its appearance is somewhat 

 irregular, but it may sometimes be found flocking 

 with Linnets, amongst which birds it may be 

 detected by its yellow bill (flavirostris) and its 

 forked tail. 



BULLFINCH. Pyrrhula europcea, Vieillot. 



Tarrell, ii. p. 166 ; Dresser, iv. p. 101 ; Ibis List, p. 56 ; Pyr- 

 rhula vulgaris, Harting, p. 29 ; Seebohm, ii. p. 51 ; Loxia 

 pyrrhula, Pulteney's List, p. 1 1. 



Resident, and generally distributed, the Bullfinch 

 is usually seen in pairs ; never gregarious, nor asso- 

 ciating with other species. 



FAM. LOXIID.E, 



CROSSBILL. Loxia curvirostra, L. 



Tarrell, ii. p. 187 ; Harting, p. 29; Dresser, iv. p. 127 ; See- 

 bohm, ii. p. 30 ; Ibis List, p. 57 ; Pulteney' s List, p. ii. 



The Crossbill is a spring and autumn migrant, 

 arriving irregularly in large flocks. Pulteney refers 

 to it as not uncommon in his time, and it has been 

 known to breed in the adjoining county of Hants, 



