56 BIRDS OF THE HUMBER DISTRICT. 



94. LINOTA LINARIA (Temminck) . Lesser Red- 

 pole. 



Not common, but resident throughout the year, 

 breeding regularly in the district, is more or less 

 distributed in small flocks during the winter in the 

 salt marshes and low-lying lands along the coast, 

 feeding like the Linnets on the seeds of various weeds. 



The breeding-range of this species does not extend 

 into Scandinavia. 



95. LINOTA MONTIUM (Temminck). Twite. 



A regular autumnal visitant. I have shot them in 

 our Humber marshes as early as the 10th of August. 

 In mild open winters many small flocks remain 

 throughout the season in the vicinity of the coast, sub- 

 sisting on the seeds of various salt-loving plants. 

 Nests generally throughout Yorkshire ; but I have 

 never found them breeding south of the Humber. 



96. PYRRHULA VULGARIS, Temminck. Bullfinch. 



Commonly distributed throughout the wooded 

 portion of the country, where it nests. It is doubtful 

 whether our resident birds receive any direct augmen- 

 tation in the autumn from the continent. They are 

 certainly at this season much commoner both in plan- 

 tations, gardens, and hedgerows ; but their frequency 

 there may be accounted for by the old and young birds 

 leaving their summer haunts in the thick woods and 



