HAWFINCH. 



COCCOTHRAUSTES VULGARIS. 



Family PASSERID^E. Sub-family FRINGILLIN^E. Genus COC- 

 COTHRAUSTES. 



Grosbeak Common Grosbeak Haw Grosbeak. 



I think we may fairly class this amongst our rarer 

 resident birds, though, on account of its very shy 

 habits, it is no doubt thought less common than it 

 really is. It breeds in most counties south of York- 

 shire, and occasionally in Ireland, but in Scotland it 

 seems to be only an accidental visitor. During the 

 last year or two there must have been several reared 

 near us at Queenwood, for I have observed many 

 young ones, two of which were caught in traps and 

 one old one was shot by the gardener. It had built 



