196 THE BIEDS OF CORNWALL. 



and winter ; breeds foom middle Scandinavia south, to northern 

 Africa. 



Mealy Redpole ; a casual visitor represented by an adult 

 male shot at Carrythenick ; breeds in northern Europe, and 

 occurs annually on migration along the east coast of Scotland, 

 and irregularly in the east of England. 



Lesser Redpole ; a casual winter visitor fi'om the north of 

 England, rarely seen in Cornwall, and not known in Scilly ; 

 a female shot at Stratton on October 2nd, 1900; breeds 

 sparingly in Grloucestershire, and more abundantly to the north 

 and east. 



Twite ; a very rare casual winter visitor, breeding abundantly 

 in Scotland, and locally over the northern half of England ; after 

 the cold stormy weather of March 1901, seven birds seen near 

 Cardynham and two shot ; not known at Scilly. 



Bullfinch ; resident, locally distributed throughout the 

 county, and in some places fairly numerous ; at Scilly frequently 

 seen in recent years, but no nest recorded ; breeds commonly 

 throughout west-central Europe. 



[Pine Grosbeak ; a doubtful accidental visitor from the pine 

 forests near the Arctic Circle ; Mr. J. Gatcombe reported having 

 seen two at St. Grermans in November, 1868, the only Cornish 

 record.] 



Crossbill ; a casual visitor of very irregular occurrence ; on 

 several occasions seen in flocks, and these in August and Sep- 

 tember, 1898, were specially abundant all over the county ; one 

 specimen obtained at Newc[uay, June 1901 ; nests throughout 

 the pine forests of Europe, and occurs irregularly on migration 

 throughout the British Isles ; a large flock occurred at Scilly 

 in July, 1868. 



Two -barred Crossbill; a single specimen of this accidental 

 English visitor was recorded from Larigan in 1843; breeds in 

 the pine forests of northern Russia and Siberia, and migrating 

 in winter on the west coast as far as the north of France. 



Corn Bunting ; resident, somewhat local, but fairly well 

 distributed near the coast throughout the county, except in the 

 north-east; abundant in the Lizard district; a resident in Scilly; 

 about Truro has a strong partiality for telegraph wires ; its 

 breeding range extends from the Baltic to northern Africa. 



