128 TOUR IN SUTHERLAND. CH. VIII. 



56. The Chaffinch; 57. The Greenfinch; 58. 

 The Bull/inch ; 59. The Goldfinch ; 60. The Lin- 

 net — all common and daily-seen English birds- — 

 are everywhere to be found ; excepting, indeed, the 

 goldfinch, which bird is far more rare than the 

 others, being seen only about some of the gardens 

 and orchards in the south of the county. 



61. The Mountain- finch, a bird not unlike the 

 female snow-bunting in general appearance, is a 

 frequent [?] visitor. 



62. The common House Sparrow, as usual, fre- 

 quents the habitations of men everywhere as far as 

 Tongue. 



63. The Sisken is in almost every wood during 

 the spring and summer ; nevertheless its nest is 

 but rarely found. 



6 4. The Redpolc is also common : it breeds in 

 the little thickets of birch, etc., by the sides of 

 many of the wild mountain lakes ; and in winter 

 may be seen in large flocks feeding on the seeds 

 of the alder and other trees. 



65. The Cross Bill has of late years become 

 numerous in the fir-woods, and will probably be- 

 come far more so when the magnificent plantations 

 of the Duke of Sutherland grow to a height suited 

 to these amusing birds. 



66. The Common Starling is widely distributed. 



