28 RESIDENTS AND MIGEANTS. 



TWITE. Linota jftavirostris (Linnseus). 



A winter visitant, remaining to nest in the north of 

 England and Scotland. 



MEALY EEBPOLL. Linota linaria (Linnseus)*. 



An irregular winter visitant to England and Scot- 

 land ; unknown in Ireland. 



LESSER EEDPOLL. Linota rufescens (Vieillot)*. 



Resident in the north of England, Scotland, and 

 Ireland ; a winter visitant to the south. With regard 

 to the northern range of this species, see a note by 

 Professor Newton, 'Zoologist,' 1870, p. 2223. 



TREE SPARROW. Passer montanus (Linnaeus). 



A local resident ; migratory in autumn. Mr. Thomp- 

 son (Nat. Hist. Ireland, Birds, i. p. 256) calls attention 

 to the fact that the Tree-Sparrow is included in Tem- 

 pleton's ' Catalogue of Irish Vertebrate Animals ' as 

 " a doubtful native," but adds that to his ornithological 

 friends and himself it is " quite unknown." This was 

 written in 1849 ; since that date Mr. Blake Knox 

 (< Zoologist,' 1870, p. 2018) has detected it in Ireland, 

 where he says it is known to the bird-catchers, and 

 believed by them to be resident. In Scotland it is 

 local and rare. 



HOUSE SPARROW. Passer domesticus (Linneeus). 



Resident and generally distributed. 

 * With reference to this nomenclature, see ' The Ibis/ 1865, p. 129. 



