90 The Birds of Cambridgeshire 



M. atricapilla, Linn. Pied Fly-catcher. Has occurred in 

 May, as at Hinxton in 1836. (Saffron Walden Museum.) 



IIirundo rustica, Lirin. Swallow. Abundant. A summer 

 visitor. 



Chelidon urblca (Linn.). Martin. Plentiful. A summer visitor. 



Cotile riparia (Linn.). Sand-Martin. A common summer 

 visitor. 



Ligurinus chloris (Linn.). Greenfinch. Common. 



Coccothraustes vulgaris, Pallas. Hawfinch. Rare and local. 



Carduelis elegans, Stephens. Goldfinch. Not uncommon. 



C. spinus (Linn.). Siskin. An occasional winter visitor, 

 sometimes observed in large flocks 1 . 



Passer domesticus (Linn.). House-Sparrow. Very common. 



P. montanus (Linn.). Tree-Sparrow. Abundant. 



Fringilla coelebs, Linn. Chaffinch. Very common. 



F. montifringilla, Linn. Brambling. Not uncommon in 

 winter in many places. Large flocks are often met with. 



Linota cannabina (Linn.). Linnet. P'airly common, but 

 somewhat local. 



L. linaria (Linn.). Mealy Redpoll. A specimen was obtained 

 in May 1836 at Hinxton. (Saffron "Walden Museum.) 



L. rufescens (Vieillot). Lesser Redpoll. Scarce. 



L. flavirostris (Linn.). Twite. Strays to the county in 

 autumn, and is sometimes seen in large flocks. 



Pyrrhula europaea, Vieillot. Bullfinch. Fairly common. 



P. enucleator (Linn.). Pine-Grosbeak. Has once been ob- 

 tained in the county, a specimen, now in the Saffron 

 Walden Museum, having been shot by the groom of 

 the Rev. A. H. D. Hutton in the garden of Little 

 Abington vicarage on January 13, 1882 (Zoologist, 1883, 

 p. 222). 



Loxia curvirostra, Linn. Crossbill. A rare straggler, singly 

 or in flocks. 



Emberiza miliaria, Linn. Corn-Bunting. Abundant. 



1 Turner (Avium praecipuarum historia, 1544, p. 88) mentions having 

 seen the Siskin in Cambridgeshire. 



