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FRINGILLIDAE. 



(4) Chloris chloris. The Greenfinch. 



Found at Loders in Arbor Vitae 19 May, 1915. 

 Greenfinches' nest with six eggs of pure white 

 without a spot on any egg. Nest made of 

 rootlets and moss- lined inside with ver;y finr^ 

 grass. Eggs very like the wryneck's, bu^ 

 slightly smaller and more pointed at one end. 

 (A.B.H.) 



(5) Coccothraustes coccothraustes The Hawfinch. 



One at Melbury Osmund, December 6. (F.L.B.) 



(6) Carduelis carduelis britannica. The British Gold- 



finch. 



Jan. 17 At Oakdale, Longfleet, Poole, six in a company. 



(E.H.C.) 



Aprl. 30 A few evidently residents near Badbury Rings. 

 May 20 Observed nesting in the border of Bere Wood. 



. (W.P.C.) 



May 28 A pair observed at Badbury Rings. (E.H.C.) 

 Aug. 12-13 A flock of 20 to 30 in the Quarries, Swanage. 



(W.P.C. and E.H.C.) 

 Oct. 25 At least thirty Goldfinches on lawn at Pulham. 



(J.R.) 



(7) Fringilla coelebs. The Chaffinch. 



Feb. 19 At Kniton, near Canford, Dorset. A large 

 flock of 500 to 600 finches, nearly all chaffinches, 

 about 10 per cent, greenfinches busy feeding 

 amongst manure spread in a field. There were 

 one or two Emberiza citrinella. Doubtless 

 they were searching for undigested seeds and 



