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Once observed breeding in Orkney, according to Messrs. Baikie and 

 Heddle. 



EMBERIZA CITRINELLA (Linn.}. Yellow Hammer. 



Provinces I.-XVIII. 



Subprovinces 1-35, 37. 



Lat. 50-59 or 60. " British " type, or general. 



To the far north of Scotland, and has twice bred in Orkney (Messrs. 

 Baikie and Heddle]. 



EMBERIZA CIRLUS (Linn.}. Cirl-Bunting. 



Provinces I. II. III. V. 



Subprovinces 1-6, 7, 13, 14. 



Lat. 50-55. "English " (or " Atlantic ") type. Not in Ireland. 



Along the south coast, from Cornwall to Essex ; but does not appear 

 to breed in Kent. 



Nests occasionally in Surrey (Mr. F. Godman}. Has been seen 

 in Herts, in May, by the Rev. H. H Crewe, who has lately found it 

 breeding near Tring (Ibis, 1865, p. 114). It' has been obtained in 

 Berks by the Rev. F. O. Morris. Breeds in Gloucester (Rev. F. J. 

 Scott], in Hereford (Mr. R. M. Lingwood}, in Worcester and Warwick 

 (Mr. R. F. Tomes}. The few birds which have been noticed further 

 north were most likely accidental visitors. 



FRINGILLA CCELEBS (Linn.}. Chaffinch. 



Provinces I. -XVII. 



Subprovinces 1-35. 



Lat. 50-59. " British " type, or general. 



The commonest and probably most abundant of our Finches ; nest- 

 ing regularly as far north as Caithness, but appears only as a visitor in 

 the northern Scottish isles. 



Obs. F. montifringilla (L.). In the 'Zoologist' for 1864 (p. 

 9210), the Rev. J. C. Atkinson describes a nest and eggs found near 

 Thirsk, which he supposes to have been those of the Brambling a 

 bird which in Western Scandinavia does not breed south of lat. 59 N., 

 and in Eastern Scandinavia not south of lat. 67 N. ( Wallengren in 

 ' Naumannia ' 1855, p. 136). 



PASSER MONTANUS (Steph.}. Tree-Sparrow. 



Provinces I.-V. VIII.-XI. XIV. XV. 



Subprovinces 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9-15, 19, 20-24, 28, 29, 30, 31. 



Lat. 50- 58. " Germanic " type. Not in Ireland. 



Chiefly in the middle and eastern counties of England, reaching as 

 far north as Lancashire and Cumberland, with a few scattered localities 

 on the eastern side of Scotland. 



