430 A lexander Goodman More Scientific Papers. 



FRINGILLA LINARIA (Linn.}* Lesser Redpoll. 



Provinces II. III. IV. V. VIII.-XVIII. 



Subprovinces 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 20-31, 32, 34, 35, 37. 



Lat. 50-60. " Scottish " type, or Northern. 



Nests occasionally in Dorset, Isle of Wight, Kent (Zoologist,, 

 p. 8951), Oxford, Warwick, and Shropshire ; regularly in Norfolk and 

 Suffolk ; regularly in Nottingham (Rev. R. Sutton] and Derby (Rev. 

 H. H. Crewe and Mr. O. Salvin}, and thence northwards becomes 

 more numerous, breeding in all the counties of the north of England 

 and throughout Scotland. Low tells us that it breeds in Hoy ; and 

 Messrs. Baikie and Heddle also describe it as indigenous to Orkney. 



FRINGILLA FLAVIROSTRIS (Linn.}. Twite. 



Provinces V. VII. VIII. IX. X.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 14, 15, 18, 20, 21-25, 27-32, 33?, 34-38. 

 Lat. 50-61. " Scottish" type, or Northern. 



In Herefordshire, Mr. R. M. Lingwood says that the Twite breed 

 sparingly on the Black Mountains, or Hatterell Hills, on the west 

 border of the county. 



Garner tells us that this bird breeds in Staffordshire ; and Sir John 

 Crewe marks it as nesting regularly in that county. Mr. H. Shaw 

 describes it as nesting occasionally on the Longmind Hills, in Shrop- 

 shire. The bird also breeds in Derbyshire occasionally (Sir J. Crewe}, 

 in North Wales (Eytori], on the mosses of South Lancashire, Warring- 

 ton, &c. (Mr. C. S. Gregson}; in East York (Mr. A. S. Bell); in 

 West York (Mr. H. Smurthwaite] ; Westmoreland (Mr. T. Gough} ; 

 Isle of Man (Mr. y. F. Crellin}, who has kindly sent me specimens 

 of the bird, obtained in the month of June ; in Durham and Northum- 

 berland, and in nearly all the counties of Scotland, reaching to 

 the Hebrides and Northern Isles ; but I have no authority for sub- 

 province 26. 



Mr. H. Groves tells me that he believes the nest has been found in 

 the north of Dorsetshire ; but some confirmation of this locality is 

 desirable, as this would extend the breeding-range two degrees further 

 south. 



PYRRHULA RUBICILLA (Pall.}. Bullfinch. 



Provinces I.-XVII. 

 Subprovinces 135. 

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



Though not an abundant species, the Bullfinch appears to be widely 



* We think there can be no doubt that the true Fringilla linaria of Linnaeus 

 is the bird usually called by English ornithologists the " Mealy Redpoll "; the 

 specific name proper to the "Lesser Redpoll" would seem to be rufescens, 

 Vieillot En. 



