being bagged on Swaffham Fen near Cambridge in 

 November, 1862. 



The clear " dactyl "-like breeding note of this bird, 

 once recognized, can never be forgotten. It can be heard 

 every summer along the north side of the Downs. I have 

 occasionally heard it in Hertfordshire. Ed. 



CHAFFINCH. 



Case 272. 



Though the Chaffinch is a resident at all times 

 and seasons in the British Islands, numbers arrive 

 in the autumn from the north of Europe, and 

 having had wings sent me from the lightships 

 during the early spring I conclude our visitors 

 depart again at that season. 



The specimens in the case were obtained in the 

 neighbourhood of Brighton in May, 1872. 



GOLDFINCH. 

 Case 273. 



Thanks to the bird-catchers Goldfinches have 

 greatly decreased in the last twenty years. It is 

 seldom that a flock of from fifteen to twenty is met 

 with at the present time where formerly the birds 

 could be seen in hundreds. 



The specimens in the case were obtained at 

 Hickling in Norfolk in June, 1873. 



MARSH TIT. 

 Case 274. 



The present is a widely distributed though 

 exceedingly local species. 



The specimens in the case were obtained near 

 Plumpton in Sussex in March, 1866. 



