14 FHINGILLIDjE. 



Spinus citrinella. CITBIL FINCH. 



Fringllla Citrinella Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. 12th ed.i. 1766, 



p. 320 : S. Europe. 

 Chrysomitris citrinella (Linn.} ; S. 0. IT. List, Isted. 1883, p. 47 ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds S. M. xii. 1888, p. 230. 

 Citrinella diminutive of citrinus, for which see Serinus. 

 Distribution in the British Islands. A Eare Visitor. 

 Occurred in Norfolk, Jan. 1904. 



General Distribution. The typical form of this species 

 breeds in the mountains of central and southern Europe, 

 descending from the highest altitudes when driven down by 

 severe weather or want of food. Tt is represented in Corsica, 

 Sardinia, and perhaps parts of Italy by S. c. corsicanus. 



Genus SERINUS Kocli, Syst. baier. Zool. 1816, p. 228. 

 Type : S. serinus (Linn.). 



Serinus, latinized from the French Serin, which is corrupted from 

 citrinws = citron-coloured. 



Serinus serinus. SERIN. 



Fringilla Serinus Linnaeus, Syst, Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, 

 p. 320 : South Europe. 



Serinus hortulanus Kocli ; B. O. TT. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 49 ; 



Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 177. 

 Serinus serinus (Linn.); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. 1888, p. 308. 



Distribution in the British Islands. An Occasional Visitor. 

 Has occurred in Devonshire, Somersetshire, Hampshire, 

 Sussex, Kent, near London, in Norfolk, Oxfordshire, York- 

 shire, and Midlothian. In Ireland it has twice occurred in 

 co. Dublin. 



General Distribution. Breeds throughout southern Europe 

 and is extending its range northwards, being now found 

 over almost the whole of Germany. Occurs in Holland and 

 Denmark, and has strayed to Heligoland. Kesident in 

 Asia Minor, Palestine, and north-west Africa. In winter 

 the numbers in the Mediterranean countries are greatly 

 increased by immigrants from the northern parts of its range. 



