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been found in Lancashire ( Yarrell) ; near Walton 

 Hall ( Waterton) ; in Durham (Hancock and Rev. 

 H. B. Tristram) ; and in Westmoreland (Bolton 

 quoted by Montagu}. In the South of Scotland, the 

 Siskin breeds occasionally in Dalswinton Woods, 

 Dumfriesshire (Gibson)} in Kirkcudbright (Yarrell); 

 within two miles of Glasgow (R. Gray] ; in Perth- 

 shire perhaps regularly ; in Argyleshire ; and, though 

 not numerous as a species, may be considered to 

 nest regularly in most of the northern counties of 

 Scotland." In Ireland the Siskin has only been 

 noticed as an occasional winter visitant. 1 



The nest and eggs resemble those of the Gold- 

 finch upon a smaller scale, and some authors, taking 

 into consideration the structural similarity of these 

 two birds, have separated them from the true Frin- 

 gillidcz and placed them in a genus by themselves 

 under the generic name Carduelis. 



Meyer has found the nest of the Siskin so near 

 London as Coombe Wood, Wimbledon Common ; 

 and as the eggs taken were afterwards hatched 

 under a Canary, there was no doubt about the 

 identity of the species. 



1 Thompson's Nat. Hist, of Ireland, vol. i. p. 264. 



