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four yards of them, and adds, “The Crossbill places the side 
of its bill to the side of the leaf, and clears them out (though 
covered with insects) in a few seconds.” I have frequently kept 
them in my aviary, where they were avariciously fond of the 
pine-cone. 
L. coccothraustes.—This bird has been sometimes met with in 
this country. In Jan. 1810, a male flew through a pane of glass 
into a room at Mr. Perry’s, Donnington,—a very tempestuous 
night, and I suppose was pursued by an Owl. I kept him on 
hemp-seed and the berries of the hawthorn about eighteen 
months. 
L. pyrrhula.—V ery common, and amongst gardeners supposed 
to be obnoxious by destroying the buds in the spring. A vulgar 
error ! 
L. ehloris.— Very common. 
Emberiza nivalis.—'Two shot near Reading, Jan. 1795. 
E. miliaria.—Very common from April to Oct.; rarely seen 
in the winter. 
Ei. citrinella.—Frequent the whole year. 
E. scheeniclus.—Always in our marshes. 
Fringilla coelebs:—Male and female common with us the whole 
year. 
F. montifringilla.—Vast flocks appeared in the severe winter, 
1794, about Reading. ‘Twenty-two were killed at one shot, and 
two wounded, which I kept in a large cage a long time witha 
Crossbill, Twite, Redpole, Siskin, and some Canaries, feeding on 
hemp and canary seeds. Six years previous I had not seen more 
than two. They are now very rare in this country. 
I’. carduelis.—Common. 
I’. spinus.—In the alder-groves frequent some years ago ; now 
very rare. 
EF. cannabina and F’ linaria.— Occasional visitants. 
F. linota (Ind. Orn. i. 457—81).—I must here most widely 
differ in opinion with Mr. Montagu, who in his Orn. Dict. con- 
cludes with Linné this bird is nothing more than F’. cannabina, 
varying only in age or sex. The Linota is the most common bird 
of the open fields in this county, breeding here, and remaining 
with us the whole year. They are caught in great abundance by 
the boys, and sold at a penny or twopence each. Some are 
marked with the red on the breast of both sexes, which are 
