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 73. Distribution. — Norfolk should be five not four and one since (May 

 1922) making six, Sussex two since (Dec. 1918), one Fair Isle (Shetlands). 

 May 1914. Most occurrences between Nov. and May. 



75. The Northern Bullfinch. 



Distribution. — Occurrences recorded Fair Is., Feb. 1914, Nov. to Dec. 

 1921, Jan. 1922, Shetlands, Oct. and Nov. 1914, Oct., Nov. and Dec. 

 1919, Jan. to Mar. and one May 3, 1920, Oct. 1920, Caithness, Jan. 

 1915, Haddington, Jan. 1920 and Oct. 1921, Fifeshire, Nov. 1921, Ber~ 

 wickshire, Dec. 1921. 



75. 30 Pyrrhula pyrrhula nesa Math, and lied.— The British Bullfinch. 



Pyrehula pyrrhula nesa Mathews and Iredale, Austr. Av. Record,, 

 in., p. 122 (1917— Great Britain), 

 instead of P. p. pileata Macg. which is considered to be merely a sub- 

 stitute name for Loxia pyrrhula Linn, and not specially applied to the- 

 British bird, though British specimens were described by Macgillivray. 



78. Genus Carpodacus Kaup. 



Hartert adopts Erythrina Brehm, Isis, 1828, p. 1276, for this genus but 

 a majority of the B.O.U. List Committee having rejected this change it 

 is not accepted here. 



80. The Scarlet Grosbeak. 



Distribution. — One Sept. 8, 1913, Isle of May (additional to those men- 

 tioned), three Sept. 1921, Fair Isle. 



87. The Common Crossbill. 



Distribution. — Add to breeding dates : Oxon., 1887, Herts., 1911, 

 Kent, 1917, Shropshire, 1916. 1791 Sussex was probably Kent. Has bred 

 regularly Norfolk and Suffolk since 1910 and probably also Hants ; bred 

 Dumfriesshire 1918. 



89. The Parrot-Crossbill. 



Distribution. — Add to those examined : male, Langham, Norfolk, 

 Sept. 1907. 



98. The Brambling. 



Distribution. — Nest and seven eggs found and birds clearlv identified 

 Sutherland, May 1920. (C. and T. E. Hodgkin, Scot. Nat., 1920, p. 181 ^ 

 cf. also Brit, B., xiv, pp. 211-212.) 



104. The Tree-Sparrow. 



Synonym : Passer Arboreus Forster, Syn. Cat. Brit. B., p. 52 (1817 — 

 New name for Fringilla montana L., and based on Bewick, Hist. Brit. B.„ 

 p. 177). This name invalidates the name Passer domesticus arboreus 

 (p. 103), and that form must now be called P. d. rufidorsalis. 



110. The Yellow Bunting. 



Synonym : Emberiza citrinella nebulosa Gengler, Archiv f. Naturg. 

 85, Abt. A. Heft 5, p. 91 (1920— England, Holland, North France). 



115. The Black-headed Bunting-. 



Description. — In adults there is a partial moult in June-July involving 

 varying number of feathers of crown, mantle, upper tail-coverts, chin 

 and upper-breast and usually two innermost secondaries. In males 

 new feathers of crown are brown with black central streak or brown 

 with black bases, of mantle brown with black central streak and often 

 some chestnut-brown basally, of chin mostly pale buff. In females 

 new feathers of crown and mantle are browner than in " full " plumage. 

 A complete moult takes place No v. -Dec. when plumage becomes as 

 described on p. 115. It is possible that juvenile has first a partial moult 

 (not involving wings and tail), new feathers of upper-parts being in 

 both sexes as described under first winter female (p. 116) and a few 

 months later has a complete moult, but material is insufficient to be 

 certain of this. 



117. Distribution. — For Brighton (Sussex) about Nov. 3, 1888, read 1868. 



