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GREENFINCH. Coccothraustes chloris (Linnaeus). 



Resident and generally distributed, even to the Outer 

 Hebrides, where it is found in North Uist and Harris. 

 It is a winter visitant to the Orkneys. 



HAWFINCH. Coccothraustes vulgaris, Stephens. 



Resident in the midland and eastern counties of 

 England, migrating in spring and autumn. Found in 

 the south and east of Scotland, but not in the west. 

 In Ireland it is an occasional winter visitant. Of late 

 years this species has become much commoner in 

 England, nesting now in many counties where formerly 

 it was chiefly observed as a winter visitant. 



BULLFINCH. Pyrrliula vulgaris, Temminck. 



Resident and generally distributed. Has been met 

 with once in Shetland and once in Orkney. 



Fam. LOXIID^E. 



CROSSBILL. Loxia curvirostra, Linnaeus. 



Generally, but erroneously, regarded as a winter 

 visitant, being in fact a spring and autumn migrant. 

 Many instances are on record of its nesting in England, 

 as, for example, in Northumberland and Durham 

 (Hancock), Cumberland (Hope), York (Hewitson), 

 Leicester (Harley), Suffolk (Sheppard and Whitear), 

 Bedford (Shelton), Herts (Bond), Middlesex (Hart- 

 ing), Essex (Doubleday), Kent (Jell), Surrey (Hewit- 



