12 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



wards it was seen, during winter, at S. Giovanni Bianco, Cancer- 

 bero, Camerata (Giacomelli's fides). I have noticed that it is 

 met with on the Pizzo dei Tre Signori, Cima di Piazzo (6268 ft.), 

 Mount Aralalta, and Mount Venturosa (6091 ft.). They nest on 

 the roofs of huts, sometimes in the crevices of cliffs, and in the 

 daytime they remain very long at the top of rocks quite close to 

 each other, and we could approach very near them, but at the 

 first report of a fowling-piece they were intensely alarmed, and 

 it was quite impossible to enter into friendly terms with them 

 again. The Hawfinch (Coccotlwaustes vulgaris, v. Frisii), 

 Chafl&nch {Fringilla coelebs, v. Franguel), Brambling (F. mon- 

 tifringilla) , Greenfinch {Ligurinus chloris, v. Amarot), Siskin 

 {Chrysomitris spinus, v. Logari), Goldfinch {Carduelis elegans, v. 

 Gardeli, Raari), Sei-in {Serinus hortulanus, v. Sverzeri), Linnet and 

 Bullfinch are common and resident, but much more abundant in 

 passage-time. The Northern Bullfinch (or Pyrrhula major), is 

 also met with ; I preserve in my collection a splendid adult male, 

 which I procured from Piazzolo (2139 ft.), through the kindness 

 of Sign. A. Oldrighetti. I have not seen hybrids between F. coelebs 

 and F. montifringilla, but Dr. Giacomelli told me that they 

 sometimes interbreed ; that almost every year he has seen some 

 of them ; and that they are well known to bird-catchers. The 

 Citril-Finch (Chloroptila citrinella, v. Turluii, Canari de mon- 

 tagna) does not breed, and seems to be only a passage-bird, and 

 not very abundant in most years ; it passes generally in the first 

 fortnight of October ; and if in one year it is fairly common, in 

 another it is almost rare, so that the flight is not always of the 

 same intensity. I obtained specimens for my collection from 

 Serina (2508 ft,) and Olmo at Brembo. I have made many en- 

 quiries in order to learn if this species breeds or not, but have never 

 succeeded in ascertaining ; I think, however, that this operation 

 certainly occurs in the evergreen woods of the highest mountains. 

 Bedpolls i^giothus linaria and jE. rufescens, v. Gegi, Car- 

 dinal!) are tolerably abundant during the passages, but whether 

 they breed in these mountains is uncertain. Of the Pine- 

 Grosbeak {Pinicola enucleator), a straggler was caught in the 

 " Boccolo " of the Trinita near Dossena. The Parrot Crossbill 

 {Loxia pityopsittaciis) is certainly very rare ; but, regarding this 

 species. Dr. Giacomelli told me it is of an irregular passage, and 



