128 Ml'. A. G. More on the Distribution of Birds 



CoccoTHRAUSTES VULGARIS (Steph.). Hawfinch. 

 Provinces II. III. IV. V. VIII. X. 



Subprovinces 4<, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9^ 10, 11, 14., 15, 20, 23. 

 Lat. 50°-54°. "English" type. Not in Ireland. 



Apparently increasing, and reported as now breeding regu- 

 larly in Wilts, Kent, Surrey, Essex, Middlesex, and Bucks. The 

 nest has also been found in Dorset {Mr. H. Groves), Hants, 

 Sussex, Herts, Berks, Oxford, Suffolk, Norfolk, Warwick, Rut- 

 land, Derby; and at Cusworth near Doucaster {Mr. H. Reid). 



Mr. T. Edward informs me that he believes a pair bred, a few 

 years ago, near to the town of Banff. 



Fringilla carduelis {Linn.). Goldfinch. 

 Provinces I.-XVII. 

 Subprovinces 1-34, 35. 

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



Rare in the north of Scotland, though reputed to breed re- 

 gularly in Ross-shire {Mr. Danford) and occasionally in Caith- 

 ness {Mr. H. Osborne) ; the late Mr. St. John also observed the 

 bird in Sutherland. 



The Goldfinch is said to be decreasing in several of the 

 northern districts; and if we look to the account given by 

 Mr. Knox of the great numbers annually destroyed by bird- 

 catchers in the autumnal migration, there can be no doubt that 

 the Goldfinch and many other of the Finches and Linnets are 

 destroyed in a most reckless and unprofitable manner. Without 

 wishing for protective laws like those enacted in France, we can- 

 not avoid registering this protest against the cruel and useless 

 slaughter which Mr. Knox deplores, in his ' Ornithological 

 Rambles' (ed. 3, p. 78). 



Fringilla spinus {Linn.). Siskin. 

 Provinces II. III. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XXII. 



Subprovinces 4, 7, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 



34, 35. 

 Lat. 50° or 54°-59°. " Scottish " type. Not positively known 



to breed in Ireland (Zool. p. 3708). 



The Rev. 0. Pickard-Cambridge tells me that he once found a 



