126 Mr. A. G. More on the Distribution of Birds 



Subprovinces 1-35, 37. 



Lat. 50°-59° or 60°. " British " type, or general. 



To tlie far north of Scotland, and has twice bred in Orkney 

 [Messrs. Baikie and Heddle), 



Emberiza cirlus {Linn.). Cirl-Bunting. 



Provinces I. II. III. V. 



Subprovinces 1-6, 7, 13, 14. 



Lat. 50°-55°. " English " (or " Atlantic ") type. Not in Ire- 

 land. 



Along the south coast, from Cornwall to Essex ; but does not 

 appear to breed in Kent. 



Nests occasionally in Surrey {Mr. F. Godman). Has been 

 seen in Herts, in May, by the Rev. H. H. Crewe, who has lately 

 found it breeding near Tring (Ibis, 1865, p. 114). It has been 

 obtained in Berks by the Rev. F. 0. Morris. Breeds in Glou- 

 cester {Rev. F. J. Scott), in Hereford {Mr. R. M. Lingwood), 

 in Worcester and Warwick {Mr. R. F. Tomes) . The few birds 

 which have been noticed further north were most likely acci- 

 dental visitors. 



Fringilla coelebs {Linn.). Chaffinch. 

 Provinces I. -XVI I. 

 Subprovinces 1-35. 

 Lat. 50°-59°. " British " type, or general. 



The commonest and probably most abundant of our Finches ; 

 nesting regularly as far north as Caithness, but appears only as 

 a visitor in the northern Scottish isles. 



Obs. — F. montifringilla (L.). In the 'Zoologist' for 1864 (p. 

 9210), the Rev. J. C. Atkinson describes a nest and eggs found 

 near Thirsk, which he supposes to have been those of the 

 Brambling — a bird which in Western Scandinavia does not breed 

 south of lat. 59° N., and in Eastern Scandinavia not south of lat. 

 67° N. {Wallengren in ' Naumannia,' 1855, p. 136). 



Passer montanus {Steph.). Tree-Sparrow. 

 Provinces I.-V. VIII.-XI. XIV. XV. 



Subprovinces 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9-15, 19, 20-24, 28, 29, 30, 31. 

 Lat. 50°-58°. " Germanic " type. Not in Ireland. 



