BIRDS OF GUERNSEY. 79 



Lesser Kedpole, the Mealy Kedpole, or the Twite, 

 though I can see no reason why each of these birds 

 should not occasionally occur. 



The Linnet is included in Professor Ansted's 

 list, but marked by him as only occurring in 

 Guernsey and Sark ; and there is a specimen in the 

 Museum. 



71. BULLFINCH. Pyrrhula europcea, Vieillot. 

 French, " Bovreuil commun." Miss C. B. Carey, 

 in the ' Zoologist ' for 1874, mentions a Bullfinch 

 having been brought into Couch's shop in November 

 of that year, and adds " This bird is much more 

 common in Jersey than it is here." Miss Carey is 

 certainly right as to its not being common in 

 Guernsey, as I have never seen the bird on any of 

 my expeditions to that Island, nor have I seen it in 

 either of the other Islands which come within my 

 district. 



Professor Ansted includes the Bullfinch in his 

 list, but oddly enough only marks it as occurring in 

 Guernsey and Sark, although Mr. Gallienne, in his 

 remarks published with the list, says " The Bull- 

 finch occasionally breeds in Jersey, but is rarely 

 seen in Guernsey," so far agreeing with Miss 

 Carey's note in the ' Zoologist,' but he does not add 

 anything about Sark. There is no specimen in the 

 Museum. 



