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A COENISH FATTNA. 
Crested Lark, A. cnstata. Tke discovery of tliis species in this 
district took place at about the period of the publication of 
the 1st supplemental number to Yarrell’s History of Birds, 
the bird not having been recognized as British at the time 
of the publication of his work. 
Wood Lark, A. arhorea ; local. 
Short-toed Lark, A. Iracliydactyla ; very rare ; a specimen shot 
at Soilly on September 23rd, 1854. 
Snow Bunting, Emberiza nivalis ; not uncommon in the autumn 
months. 
Common Bunting, E. milio/ria ; generally distributed. 
Black-headed Bunting, E. schmiioulus; not uncommon in marshes 
where bushes grow. 
YeUow Bunting, E. citrinella; generally distributed in every 
hedge-row. 
Cirl Bunting, E. cirlus ; not uncommon. 
Ortolan Bunting, E. hortulana ; very rare : one specimen was 
killed on a wall at Trescoe Abbey, Scilly, in 1851. 
Chaffinch, Fringilla cmlehs ; generally distributed. 
Mountain Finch, F. montifringilla ; winter visitant in severe 
weather. 
Tree Sparrow, F. montana ; very rare. 
House Sparrow, F. domestica ; generally distributed. 
Greenfinch, F. chloris ; generally distributed. 
Hawfinch, CoccotJiraustes vulgaris ; winter visitant : appears singly, 
and sometimes in small flocks, at uncertain intervals. 
Goldfinch, Carduelis ehgans ; rather locally distributed. 
Siskin, Fringilla spinus ; winter visitant. 
Common Linnet, Linaria linota ; universally distributed. 
Lesser Redpole, L. minor ; very rare throughout the coimty. 
Mountain Linnet, L. montana ; rare. 
Bullfinch, Pyrrhula vulgaris; locally distributed and nowhere 
numerous. 
Common Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra ; rare : seen at distant and 
uncertain intervals in small flocks. 
White- winged Crossbill, L. hi-fasciata ; rare : an adult bird killed 
at Larrigan, near Penzance, some years since. 
Common Starling, Sturnus vulgaris ; Cornish : universally distri- 
buted in the winter months, in flocks ; rare in summer. 
