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Buntings ; one flock was near Danskine, and the other near 

 Longformacus. I saw an immense flock of Snow Buntings on 

 the farm of Fairneyside, near Burnmouth, in January, 1871. 

 Mr. Leitch, Fairneyside, informed me on 25th Nov., 1874, that 

 several flocks were frequenting his farm at that time. 



43. Yellow Bunting. Emleri%a citrinella. This well known 

 and common bird is plentiful about Paxton. 



44. Black-headed Bunting. Emberiza schceniclus. A few 

 Reed Buntings frequent the reeds at the sides of the Tweed and 

 Whiteadder, and breed there in summer, I have seen the Reed 

 Buntings there at all seasons of the year. 



45. Chaffinch. Fringilla coelebs: The Chaffinch is very 

 numerous here, and large flocks are seen in the autumn and 

 winter months, feeding about the fields, near the plantations. 



46. Mountain Finch. Fringilla montifringilla. The Bramb- 

 ling is a regular autumn and winter visitor to our neighbourhood. 

 Large flocks of these birds frequented the plantation in the Policy, 

 in the autumn of 1874, and fed with the Chaffinches. When the 

 snow came in December, they disappeared, and I saw a few only 

 during the severe weather. It is called here the " Cock o' the 

 North." 



21st December, 1875. I have not observed the Brambling 

 here this winter, as yet. 



47. House Sparrow, Passer domesticus. The common Spar- 

 row is very plentiful about Paxton. I have not noticed the Tree 

 Sparrow, {Passer montanus) here. 



48. Greenfinch. Coccothraustes chloris. The Green Finch, 

 or Green Linty, is plentiful. I noticed a number of its nests in 

 a large hawthorn hedge, on the farm of Fishwick, near the side 

 of the Tweed, in July, 1874. 



49. Siskin. Carduelis spinus. This bird visited Paxton 

 House Policy in considerable numbers, and frequented the birch 

 trees, during the severe snowstorm of 1870-71. 



21st December, 1875. I observed several Siskins feeding on 

 the alder bushes at the side of the Mill Pond at Nabdean, one 

 day about the beginning of this month. 



50. Linnet. Linota cannabina. The Linnet, or Grey Linty, 

 sometimes comes in small flocks, during the winter, to the waste 

 ground about Paxton Tileworks. I have not noticed it in this 

 neighbourhood during the breeding season. 



51. Lesser Bedpoll. Linota linaria. This bird occasionally 

 visits the policy of Paxton House, during severe weather in 

 winter, and frequents the birch trees with the Siskins. A good 

 many were observed during the storm of 1870-71. 



52. Mountain Linnet. Linota flavirostris. I noticed several 

 of these birds apparently feeding on the seeds of the common 

 avens fGeum urbanumj in the Cow Dean Wood, during the very 



