﻿BIEDS. 
  

  

  97 
  

  

  Genus 
  FRINGILLA, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Fringilla 
  caelebs, 
  Linn. 
  Chaffinch. 
  "Chaffy." 
  "Shelly." 
  

  

  "Shellfowl 
  " 
  

  

  Abundant 
  and 
  resident, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  beautiful 
  of 
  

   our 
  smaller 
  songsters. 
  

  

  Fringilla 
  montifringilla, 
  Linn. 
  Brambling. 
  " 
  Mountain 
  

  

  Finch 
  " 
  

  

  A 
  winter 
  visitor 
  to 
  " 
  Dee," 
  at 
  which 
  season 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  

   about 
  farm 
  stack-yards. 
  When 
  the 
  weather 
  is 
  severe, 
  it 
  

   comes 
  to 
  the 
  coast, 
  feeding 
  familiarly 
  along 
  with 
  Chaffinches, 
  

   Snow 
  Buntings, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Genus 
  LINOTA, 
  Bonaparte. 
  

   Linota 
  cannabina, 
  Linn. 
  Rose 
  Linnet. 
  

  

  Abundant 
  ; 
  resident, 
  and 
  breeds 
  throughout 
  " 
  Dee," 
  con- 
  

   gregating 
  in 
  flocks 
  of 
  considerable 
  size 
  early 
  in 
  autumn, 
  and 
  

   continues 
  so 
  until 
  spring, 
  when 
  the 
  flocks 
  break 
  up, 
  and, 
  in 
  

   pairs, 
  betake 
  themselves 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  incubation. 
  

  

  [Linota 
  linaria, 
  Linn. 
  Mealy 
  Redpoll. 
  

  

  " 
  Common 
  in 
  the 
  wooded 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  district, 
  especially 
  

   Blackhall." 
  (Adams.) 
  " 
  Has 
  occasionally 
  been 
  observed 
  in 
  

   Aberdeenshire." 
  (Yarrell's 
  British 
  Birds, 
  fourth 
  ed., 
  vol. 
  ii., 
  

   p. 
  135.) 
  No 
  authority 
  is 
  given 
  for 
  these 
  statements.] 
  

  

  Linota 
  rufescens, 
  Vieillot. 
  Lesser 
  Redpoll. 
  

  

  " 
  Common 
  in 
  the 
  wooded 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  district, 
  especially 
  

   Blackhall." 
  (Adams's 
  Birds 
  of 
  Banchory 
  -Ternan, 
  p. 
  21.) 
  "Mr. 
  

   Thomas 
  Jamieson 
  says 
  he 
  saw 
  at 
  anyrate 
  one 
  Redpoll 
  near 
  

   Castletown." 
  (MacGillivray.) 
  

  

  " 
  Breeds 
  in 
  the 
  higher 
  districts 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  rather 
  

   numerously." 
  (Edward, 
  The 
  Naturalist, 
  vol. 
  iv., 
  p. 
  225.) 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  resident 
  and 
  breeds 
  in 
  fair 
  numbers 
  in 
  most 
  

   suitable 
  places 
  throughout 
  " 
  Dee 
  ; 
  " 
  still, 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  species 
  that 
  is 
  

   not 
  generally 
  well 
  known 
  here. 
  A 
  specimen 
  was 
  picked 
  up 
  

   dead 
  beside 
  the 
  Loch 
  of 
  Drum 
  by 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  C. 
  MacDonald, 
  

  

  