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rare straggler, but has been met with in Heligoland, and is included by Kjerbélling in his work 
on the birds of Denmark, on the strength of examples shot at Flensborg (fide Mecklenburg) and 
at Nordskov (£. Hage). It is questionable if it occurs in Holland; but Baron de Selys-Long- 
champs speaks of it as being rare in the valley of the Meuse, but more numerous near Liége ; 
and it has been obtained in Flanders, and breeds in Luxemburg. In the portions of Germany 
which skirt the Upper Rhine it is a common species in the plains, and is stated to be very 
numerous near Frankfort. I found it tolerably common in Baden; and it may be said to be 
generally distributed throughout Southern Germany. In France it is but an occasional straggler 
in the northern provinces, but in the central and southern districts it is tolerably numerous 
during the best part of the year. It occurs in Portugal, and is numerous and resident in Spain. 
Colonel Irby speaks of it as breeding in the cork-wood near Gibraltar. Mr. Saunders observed 
it in various parts of Southern Spain; and I found it very common near Barcelona in May. 
Mr. A. von Homeyer speaks of it as being very common in the Balearic Islands, where it 
frequents cultivated localities and gardens near brooks; and near San Oleza he frequently found 
it in the mountains, and found a nest on an old pine about 25 feet from the ground, and 
another nest in an ilex tree only 5 feet above the ground. In Savoy it arrives early and breeds, 
some few remaining, Bailly says, throughout the winter in sheltered situatians; and in Italy it is 
generally distributed, being especially abundant in the southern districts, and on the islands of 
Sicily and Sardinia during the winter months; but Mr. A. B. Brooke states that he never 
observed it in the southern part of the last-named island. Mr. C. A. Wright says that it is very 
common at Malta in October, and remains there throughout the winter. 
In Southern Germany it is very generally distributed, and has gradually extended its range 
during the last few years, being now numerous where some years ago it was scarcely known. 
Dr. Rohnert remarked this especially as regards Silesia, and gives (J. f. O. 1864, p. 396) some 
interesting details on this question too long to insert in the present article. It is common in 
Bohemia; and the Ritter von Tschusi-Schmidhofen says (J. f. O. 1869, p. 236) that he twice 
observed it during the winter in Austria. When collecting in Styria with the late Herr E. 
Seidensacher, I saw and heard the Serin Finch on several occasions. Seidensacher informed me 
that it arrived there (at Cilli) late in March or early in April, and left in October and November, 
and bred in hilly localities where there were orchards, as for instance at St. Lorenzen, in Prozin, 
at Suetina, &c. In Greece it is, Dr. Kriiper informs me, a common species, and Lindermayer 
says that it is resident. Mr. Danford brought specimens from the island of Rhodes, obtained 
there in December; and it is said to be common in Asia Minor, and not rare in Bessarabia; but 
it is not known to occur near Odessa. Mr. Danford obtained it near Smyrna in November; but 
I am unaware if it remains there to breed. Canon Tristram says (Ibis, 1868, p. 207) that he 
‘found it only in the winter season, in the little glens and wooded districts near the sea, 
and never inland. Near Beyrout it is very common, but it leaves for the north in March.” 
Mr. C. W. Wyatt observed it in Sinai; and it occurs in North-east Africa; for Von Heuglin 
observed it in the delta of the Nile, and near Cairo, in March, in pairs and in small flocks. In 
North-west Africa it is commoner than on the eastern side of the continent. According to 
Loche it is extremely common in Algeria during the periods of migration, and a considerable 
number remain to breed; and Mr. O. Salvin writes (Ibis, 1859, p. 313) that he found it 
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