in Great Britain during the Nesting-season. 129 



Siskin's nest in a furze-bush, close to a fir-plantation, near to 

 Bloxworth, Dorset. Meyer mentions a nest taken in Combe 

 Wood. The bird is considered to have bred near Oxford 

 [Rev. A. Mathews), and has been seen near Gloucester in the 

 month of May. 



The nest has been found in Lancashire {Yarrell), near Walton 

 Hall {Mr. Charles Waterton), in Durham {Mr. J. Hancock and 

 Rev. H. B, Tristram) and in Westmoreland, according to Bolton, 

 as quoted by Montagu. 



In the south of Scotland, the Siskin breeds occasionally in 

 Dalswinton Woods, Dumfriesshire {Mr. W. G. Gibson) ; in 

 Kirkcudbright {Yarrell); within two miles of Glasgow {Mr. R, 

 Gray) ; in several counties of subprovince 28 ; in Perthshire, 

 perhaps regularly ; in Argyleshire ; and, though not numerous 

 as a species, may be considered to nest regularly in most of the 

 northern counties of Scotland. 



Fringilla cannabina {Linn.). Linnet. 

 Provinces L-XVIIL 

 Subprovinces 1-35, 37. 

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



Throughout the mainland ; and also breeds regularly in Ork- 

 ney {Messrs. Baikie and Heddle and /. H. Dunn). 



Fringilla linaria {Linn.)*. Lesser Redpoll. 

 Provinces II. III. IV. V. VIII.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 20-31, 32, 34, 35, 



37. 

 Lat. 50°-60°. " Scottish " type, or Northern. 



Nests occasionally in Dorset, Isle of Wight, Kent (Zoologist, 

 p. 8951), Oxford, Warwick, and Shropshire; regularly in Nor- 

 folk and Suffolk ; regularly in Nottingham {Rev. R. Sutton) and 

 Derby {Rev. H. H. Crewe and Mr. O. Salvin), and thence 

 northwards becomes more numerous, breeding in all the counties 

 of the north of England and throughout Scotland. Low tells 



* We think there can be no doubt that the true Fringilla linaria of 

 Linnaeus is the bird usually called by English ornithologists the " Mealy 

 Redpoll " ; the specific name proper to the "Lesser Redpoll" would seem 

 to be rufescens, Vieillot.— Ed. 



