FINCHES. 27 



OETOLAN BUNTING, Umberiza hortulana, Linnaeus. 



An occasional spring and autumn visitant ; very rare 

 in Scotland, and unknown in Ireland. 



Fam. FRINGILLID^. 



CHAPPINCH. Fringilla coelehs, Linnaeus. 

 Resident and generally distributed. 



BEAMBLING. Fringilla montifringilla, Linnaeus. 



An annual winter visitant, often remaining until 

 late in the spring. 



GOLDFINCH. Fringilla- car duelis, Linnaeus. 



Resident and generally distributed, but reported 

 to be much scarcer everywhere now than formerly. 

 It is to a certain extent migratory in spring and autumn. 



SISKIN. Fringilla spinus, Linnaeus. 



Nests regularly in Scotland, but in England, as a 

 rule, it is a winter visitant. The nest, however, has 

 been found exceptionally in Westmoreland, Durham, 

 Lancashire, Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, 

 Surrey, and Dorsetshire (see ' The Ibis,' 1865, p. 129). 

 In Ireland it is said to be an occasional winter visitant. 



LINNET. Linota cannabina (Linnaeus). 



Resident and generally distributed; migrating south- 

 ward and eastward at the approach of winter. 



