FINCHES. 27 



OETOLAN BUNTING. Emberiza hortulana, Linnaeus. 



An occasional spring and autumn visitant ; very rare 

 in Scotland, and unknown in Ireland. 



Fam. FRINGILLID^E. 



CHAFFINCH. Fringilla coelebs, Linnaeus. 

 Resident and generally distributed. 



BKAMBLING. Fringilla montifringilla, Linnaeus. 



An annual winter visitant, often remaining until 

 late in the spring. 



GOLDFINCH. Fringilla carduelis, Linnaeus. 



Resident and generally distributed, but reported 

 to be much scarcer everywhere now than formerly. 

 It is to a certain extent migratory in spring and autumn. 



SISKIN. Fringilla spinus, Linnaeus. 



Nests regularly in Scotland, but in England, as a 

 rule, it is a winter visitant. The nest, however, has 

 been found exceptionally in Westmoreland, Durham, 

 Lancashire, Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, 

 Surrey, and Dorsetshire (see 'The Ibis,' 1865, p. 129). 

 In Ireland it is said to be an occasional winter visitant. 



LINNET. Linota cannabina (Linnaeus). 



Resident and generally distributed; migrating south- 

 ward and eastward at the approach of winter. 



