LIST OF NOKFOLK lilKOS, -<■' 
deserted lioiiic of some other species, and it has been known to 
breed under the tiles of a roof far from any Avater {cf. ‘Zoologist, 
1885, p. 07). There can be no doubt a partial migration takes 
place in autumn, and that the home-bred birds at that season 
receive a large accession to their numbers from abroad. — S. 
U9. House SrAimow (^Passer domestiais). 
All too common everywhere. The utility of the Sparrow has 
been the subject of two long discussions before our Chamber of 
Agriculture, when the bird Avas voted to be a pest by a large 
majority of those present ; and a concerted movement fur their 
destruction has been started by Mr. 15u.\ton among the farmers at 
Aylsham. — G. 
100. II.VAVFI.VOH {Coccothraustes vulgaris). 
!Much commoner, or more observed, than formerly ; though very 
shy, and diflicult of detection. 
101. Gueenfin'Cti {Coccothraustes chloris). 
Common everywhere. !Mr. E. T. Booth has had tAventy-one of 
these birds from light- vessels (‘Catalogue of Birds,’ p. 138), Avhich 
shows them to be highly migiatory \ yet, among the many Avings 
Avhich I have received, this species has never been represented. — G. 
10i\ Seiun Einx’H {Serinus Jwrtulanus). 
A male Serin Avas shot at Yarmouth on June 13th, 1885, Avhich, 
in the opinion of ^[r. Edward BidAvell and Mr. B. ^Y. Chase, into 
Avhose i)ossession it has passed, shoAvs no sign of haA’ing escaped 
from conlinement.* 
103. Goldfinch {Carduelis elegaus). 
Believed to have been formerly a much more abundant species : 
the enormous numbei-s taken in clap-nets in Sussex is quite 
enough to account for this decrease {cf. Yarrell, ‘British Birds,’ 
cd. iv. vol. ii. p. 118) in Xorfolk and other counties further north, 
though much is also due to the adAmnce of cultiA'ation, the 
enclosure of AA*astc lands, and keeping hedges, banks, etc., freer 
from AA'oeds. — G. 
* The liev. H. A. Maepherson informs us that in April, 1877, he bought 
a pair of these birds of a London birdcatcher, which were said to have been 
recently caught at Yanuouth. The male died at once, and the female was 
so wild that after a few Aveeks she was suffered to fly away {rf. ‘ Zoologist,’ 
1883, p. 08). 
