THE BIRDS OF THE BRISTOL DISTRICT. 
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Siskin. — C. spiniis. Winter visitor. Appears with fair 
regularity. 
House- Sparrow.— Passer domesticics. Resident. Very 
common. 
Tree-Sparrow.— P. montanus. Resident. Small colonies 
are to be found in many localities. 
Chaffinch. — Fringilla coelebs. Resident. Very common. 
Brambling. — F. montifringilla. Winter visitor. Occurs 
regularly in fair numbers. 
Linnet. — Linota cannabina. Resident. Very common. 
Lesser Redpoll. — L. rufescens. Resident. Fairly common, 
and seems to have increased in number lately. Nests 
on Durdham Down. 
Twite. — L. flavirostris. Occurs regularly on flight, but in 
very small numbers. 
Bullfinch. — Pyrrhula europcea. Resident. Common. 
Crossbill. — Loxia curvirostra. Winter visitor. Occurs 
irregularly. 
Two-barred Crossbill.— i>. hifasciata. Occurred at Keyns- 
ham, February 1895 {Zoologist). 
Corn-Bunting.— ^m^eri^a miliaria. Resident. Fairly 
common. More abundant in the Cotswolds. 
Yellow Bunting. — E. citrinella. Resident. Very common. 
Cirl Bunting.— JEJ. cirlus. Resident. Not common. 
Reed-Bunting. — E. schoenichts. Resident. Fairly com- 
mon in the lower ground. 
Snow-Bunting. — Plectrophenax nivalis. Winter visitor. 
Occurs fairly regularly. 
StoxYmg.—Stitrnus vulgaris. Resident. Very common. 
Rose-coloured Starling. — Pastor roseus. Occurred at 
Clevedon, September 1895 {Field). 
Chough. — Pyrrhocorax graculus. A bird of this species 
flew along the edge of the cliff on Diirdham Down on 
