APPENDIX. | Birds. 849 
Frinewia caress [ The Chaffinch]. 
Abundant. : 
FRINGILLA MONTIFRINGILLA [ The Brambling]. 
A winter visitor. A few may be met with every season. 
Frincinta montana [The Tree Sparrow]. 
To be found in several localities throughout the county. 
Frincitta pomestica [ The House Sparrow]. 
Numerous. 
FRInGILLA caLoris [Zhe Greenjinch]. 
Pretty generally distributed throughout the country, and especially 
in woody places. The bird is easily tamed. 
Frincitta coccorsraustes [ The Hawjfinch]. 
A rare bird with us. 
Frinewya ciris [ The Painted Finch]. 
A migratory species. Only one specimen has been seen. 
Feincinta carpug.is [ The Goldyinch]. 
These birds have in a great measure been captured by the bird- 
catchers. See p. 243. 
Frineitta spinvs [ Zhe Siskin]. 
Fewer than before. They-have been thinned by the bird-catchers. 
A tamable bird. 
Frinemia canapina [ The Linnet]. 
There is no house bird that possesses so many names as this one. 
It is the rose lintie so long as it retains its red breast; but when 
that is gone or wanting, it is then the gray lintie, the whin lintie, 
the brown lintie, and so on. Cultivation is driving the linties 
away, by tearing down every whin, knoll, and brae, where it is 
possible for the plow and spade to work their way. 
Frineruia Linaria [The Lesser Redpole]. 
This is found most plentifully in the higher districts of the county ; 
but in severe winters large flocks of them descend to the lower 
grounds. 
Frinciuia Borearis [ The Mealy Redpole]. 
A rare species. 
Faincitta montium [The Twite]. 
Another mountain as well as sea-shore rocky species. It is the 
most elegant of all our linnets. 
Loxia prrrauta [ The Bullfinch). 
This is another prize for the trapper. But great numbers are an- 
