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instance plentifully. Two or three specimens have been seen 

 at Catshall, and a pair at Ockford Pond. E. N. D. A few 

 have been shot at Elsted, and also at Hampton Lodge, the 

 seat of H. B. Long, Esq. W. K. 



Romhycilla garrula. — A single specimen of the Waxen 

 Chatterer was seen near Godalming in the year 1832. E. N. D. 



Plectrophanes nivalis. — On the Moors near Selbourne. White. 



Emberiza cirlus. — The Cirl Bunting has occasionally been 

 shot in the neighbourhood of Godalming. W. S. This bird is 

 very abundant at Alton, in Hampshire, and also in the Isle of 

 Wight, where it breeds. W. K. 



Coccothraustes vulgaris. — This bird has been continually ob- 

 served in the thick coppices at Westbrook, and in Eshing-park ; 

 it seems to feed on berries and seeds fallen to the ground, and 

 flies up into the highest trees at the least alarm. It certainly 

 breeds in the neighbourhood of Godalming. W. S. This ap- 

 pears to be one of the most common of British birds, although 

 from its wildness it is seldom observed. E. N. D. 



Carduelis spinus. — The Siskin may be frequently found in 

 great abundance in the alders on the covers near Catshall, close 

 to the river. W. K. The siskin is a regular winter visitor with 

 us, keeping company with the little redpoles, which abound 

 wherever there are alders along the banks of the Wey ; they 

 are almost entirely females; at least, in the proportion of fifty 

 or sixty to one. RusticusS 



Linaria Montium. — The Twite, a bird perfectly distinct from 

 the linnet, is now and then shot on Munsted Heath. Rus- 

 ticusA 



Loxia curvirostra. — The Crossbill is by no means uncommon 

 here in the winter. I have seen them of every hue, from bright 

 yellow-green to bright red, and of all intermediate shades be- 

 tween each of these and dull brown. Strange as it may appear, 

 the bright red ones appear to be the young birds ; the yellow 

 green ones old hens, and the brown ones old cocks : at least, 

 this has been the case in those which I have had an opportu- 

 nity of examining. The cry of the crossbill is very peculiar ; 

 it is sharper than that of the greenfinch, and not so much of 

 a chuck as that of a linnet : generally while sitting they are 

 silent and very quiet birds, a number of them sitting in a Scotch 



c Mag. of Nat. Hist. Vol. VI. p. 113. d Id. lb. 



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