14 A HAND-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



CARDUELIS CITRINELLA 



26. Carduelis citrinella citrinella (L.) THE CITRIL FINCH. 



FRINGILLA CITRINELLA Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. xu, i, p. 320 (1766 

 " Hab. in Europa australi." Restricted typical locality : Alps ; Hartert, 

 Vog. pal. Fauna, i, p. 81). 



Citril Finch, Yarrell, n, p. 113 (in footnote) ; Saunders, p. 178 (in text) ; 

 Chrysomitris citrinella, id., Brit. B., i, p. 12. 



DISTRIBUTION. England. One. Female Yarmouth (Norfolk) Jan. 

 29, 1904 (J. H. Gurney, ZooL, 1905, p. 91). 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Mountain-systems of central and south 

 Europe. Replaced by a local race in Corsica, Sardinia, and 

 perhaps parts of Italy. 



CARDUELIS CANNABINA 



27. Carduelis cannabina cannabina (L.) THE LINNET. 



FRINGILLA CANNABINA Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 182 (1758 



Europe. Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Linota cannabina (Linnaeus), Yarrell, n, p. 153 ; Saunders, p. 187. 



DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. Resident. Common and widely 

 distributed, but uncommon and local in west Scotland and 

 I. Hebrides ; rare vagrant O. Hebrides and apparently so Shet- 

 lands ; recorded several times Pair Isle and common nester and 

 migrant Orkneys. 



MIGRATIONS. British Isles. Our home-bred birds (or in any case 

 a proportion of them) move south autumn, many crossing Channel 

 and returning spring. Large numbers of Continental immigrants 

 arrive east coasts Great Britain autumn and return spring. Fre- 

 quently observed as immigrant on Irish coasts both spring and 

 autumn, but movements not clearly worked out. 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Europe generally, except in the high 

 north. Replaced by smaller forms in Mediterranean countries and 

 Atlantic isles, and by a lighter one in parts of west Asia. 



SERINUS CANARIUS 



28. Serinus canarius serinus (L.) THE SERIN. 



FKINGILLA SERINUS Linnseus, Syst. Nat., ed. xn, i, p. 320 (1766 South 



Europe). 



Serinus hortulana K. L. Koch, Yarrell, n, p. Ill ; Saunders, p. 177. 



DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. Rare vagrant. About twenty 

 recorded England, ten being from Sussex coast, where also small 

 flock said to have been seen, three each Kent and Norfolk, one or 



