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Bullfinch. Frequent throughout this neighbourhood. It is 



one of the few birds which it is pardonable to shoot in 



our gardens. 

 Chaffinch. Veiy common, and nearly as mischievous as the 



preceding. 

 Common Bunting. " Used to be more frequent than now. 



I have often had nests with eggs brought to me by the 



mowers." — J. L. E. 

 Snow Bunting. One example of this bird was killed by a 



boy with a stone on Epping Plain. Another was killed 



in 1840 by an old sportsman who is still alive. 

 Yellow Hammer. Common. 



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Black-headed Bunting. Common in summer in bushes 

 along the Roding. Occasionally seen in winter. 



Goldfinch. Used often to be caught by bird-catchers on 

 Wanstead Flats. Common about the lanes of Loughton. 



Siskin. Occasional winter visitor to Wanstead Park. I 

 saw one about the alders last spring, 1883 ; three were 

 seen in February 1884. 



Linnet. Large numbers were taken by bird-catchers on 

 Wanstead Flats a few years ago. I have talked with 

 these men when at work with their clapnets, and they 

 told me they often caught lesser redpolls ; these and 

 the linnets they put in cages ; but greenfinches, which 

 they took in prodigious numbers, were Ivilled at once, 



