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a flock of Linnets. On the 16th June 1899 Mr. Clarke, 
of Sulby, gave Mr. Crellin a nest containing two. eggs and 
some broken shells, which had been forsaken by the parents, 
as had two other nests close by, in which he also found 
broken shells. On 1st June 1902 Mr. Leach saw two in 
the garden of Mr, A. Knox at Sulby. On 29th September 
Mr. Crellin observed a young bird near Orrisdale, and on 
18th April 1903 four in the garden of the same place, and 
in 1904 Goldfinches again bred at Sulby, where their 
nesting indeed appears to have become regular. 
A Goldfinch is reported as perching on the Chickens 
lighthouse on 20th October 1886. Another is mentioned 
two days previously, and on the fifth of the same month 
three spent the night at the lantern of this isolated 
station. 
The Goldfinch was a well-distributed species over Great 
Britain, but is now of decidedly scarce and irregular 
appearance in many districts. It is almost unknown in 
Orkney and Shetland, and very rarely recorded for the 
Outer Hebrides. In Ireland it is stated by Mr. Ussher to 
be more plentiful than in the sister island. Almost extinct 
in Lancashire, it exists in much diminished numbers in 
the county of Cumberland. According to Mr. Service, it has 
now almost vanished from ‘Solway.’ Mr. Oldham writes 
me that it is not uncommon in many places in Anglesea. 
CHRYSOMITRIS SPINUS (Linn.), SISKIN, 
Three occurrences, to which I cannot add, are chronicled 
by Mr. Kermode (Y. LZ. M, iii. 523). Mr. J. C. Crellin 
observed two specimens at Ballachurry, Andreas, on 23rd 
January 1888 (Y. Z. M, ii. pt. ii. p. 70). A small flock was 
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