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93. Linota linaria {L.). Mealy Redpoll. 



Winter visitant, of extremely irregular occurrence. Some- 

 times appears in large flocks, as in 1855, 1861, 1876. 



94. Linota rufescens {VieilL). Lesser Redpoll. 



Resident, generally distributed and common ; immigrants, 

 probably from more northern British localities, arrive in 

 autumn, at which season and throughout the winter it is 

 usually observed in flocks. 



95. Linota hornennanni Holb. Greenland Redpoll. 



96. Linota flavirostris {L.). Twite. 



Resident, sparingly scattered over the southern, western, and 

 northern moorlands (including those of Cleveland) during 

 the breeding season ; much more generally distributed 

 in autumn and winter. Said by Mr. Allis (1844) to breed on 

 Thorne Moor, a low-lying heath on the borders of Lincoln- 

 shire. In the autumn it occurs at Spurn, often in large 

 flocks. In very severe winters moves further south, return- 

 ing in the middle of March. 



Sub-fam. LOXIIN^. 



97. Carpodacus erythrinus {Pall), Scarlet Grosbeak. 



98. Pyrrhula europaea Vieill Bullfinch. 



Resident, somewhat local, and not abundant ; observed to be 

 more general in autumn and winter. Immigrants occa- 

 sionally arrive in autumn, large numbers having been 

 observed on the coast in 1880. 



99. Pinicola enucleator (X.). Pine-Grosbeak. 



Accidental visitant from Northern Europe, Asia, and America, 

 of extremely rare occurrence. 



Doncaster and Sheffield : In the sale catalogue (Dec. 28, 

 1866) of Mr. Sealy, of Cambridge, lot 59 is described as 

 ' Pine Grosbeaks, three in a case, one shot at Doncaster 

 and one at Sheftield ' (J. H. Gurney, jun., ZooL, 1877, p. 

 249). 



Near Whitby, one shot by Mr. Kitching, about 1861, in the 

 winter, now in the local collection at the Whitby Museum 

 (Stephenson, MS.). 



