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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. Salving, 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 y. Crewe}, 

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

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

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

 Isle of Man (Mr. J. 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 Linnseus 

 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 ED. 



