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 BIRDS only a few brown tail-feathers) from Derby in 1884, and about 1900 another was ob- tained near Matlock (Derbyshire Naturalists' Quarterly). 64. Mealy Redpoll. Linota linaria (Linn.). A rare winter visitor. An undoubted specimen was killed at Draycott about 1873 (J. R. Towle in Birds of Derbyshire, p. 90). 65. Lesser Redpoll. Linota rufescens (Vieillot). Locally, Lesser Red-headed Linnet (Gisborne). This characteristic little bird breeds rather locally but in fair numbers throughout the county. It is most common in the valleys of the upper Derwent and Ashop and the lower Dove. At Rolleston Hall there is a creamy white specimen from the old Burton Museum. 66. Twite. Linota flavirostris (Linn.). Locally, Mountain Linnet (N. Wood). Breeds in the moorlands of the High Peak, where it was discovered by Francis Jessop as recorded by Willughby. Several nests are said to have been found in the south of the county by Neville Wood and others, but not recently. 67. Bullfinch. Pyrrhula europesa, Vieillot. Locally, Hedge Coalhood (N. Wood), Bully. Still fairly common in most parts of the county except on the.high uplands and moors, and nesting by preference in gardens where a box tree is a very favourite site for the nest. [Pine - Grosbeak. Pyrrhula enucleator (Linn.). Locally, Pine Thickbill (N. Wood). Two specimens in the Derby Museum, which originally formed part of the Jebb collection, are said to have been locally ob- tained, but particulars are by this time un- attainable. Two birds are stated to have been seen among spruce firs at Kings Stern- dale near Buxton (Field, Feb. 4, 1860), but were probably crossbills.] 68. Crossbill. Laxia curvirostra, Linn. An irregular winter visitor which has been observed on a good many occasions. Possibly they may have bred as they were still plenti- ful near Matlock as late as March, 1889. The first irruption of which we have any record took place about 1768 near Derby : large flocks were seen at DufHeld in 1821 and 1828. N. Wood records a flock at Foston in 1836 and E. Brown at Burton about 1838 ; and in Matlock and the neigh- bourhood they were common in the early spring of 1889. 69. Two-barred Crossbill. Loxia bifasciata (C. L. Brehm). One shot at Mickleover November 21, 1845, ln company with fieldfares (R. J. Bell, Zool. p. 1247). 70. Corn-Bunting. Emberiza miliaria, Linn. Locally, Bunting Lark (Gisborne). The distribution of this bird in Derbyshire is rather curious. It is found in small num- bers in the valley of the Trent, lower Dove and Derwent, but cannot be considered really common. A few pairs may be found scat- tered over the central and north-eastern divisions. It is however on the high ground in the north-west where the fields are divided by stone dykes, such as the country between Tideswell and Brough, that the corn-bunting is most numerous. Here the monotonous song can be almost continually heard in the spring. 71. Yellow Bunting. Emberiza citrinella, Linn. Locally, Goldfinch. Commonly distributed. Varieties with white head and neck and also entirely of a pale buff colour have been recorded (Birds of Derbyshire, p. 95). 72. Cirl Bunting. Emberiza cirlus, Linn. Few notices of the occurrence of this species in Derbyshire exist. A. O. Worth- ington says it has been ' taken within the last few years in Bladon Wood' (Wild Flowers, etc., of Repton, 1881). A. S. Hutchinson has seen it once or twice near Chellaston (Zool. xvi. 125), and E. A. Brown says it has been recorded near Burton (McAldowie, Birds of Staffordshire, p. 75). 73. Reed - Bunting. Emberiza schoeniclus, Linn. Locally, Reed Sparrow. Common in low-lying districts such as the Trent valley and the lower parts of the basins of its tributaries : the high ground in the north-west is naturally unsuitable to its habits. 74. Snow-Bunting. Plectrophenax nivalis (Linn.). Locally, Snowy Longspur (N. Wood). A somewhat irregular winter visitor, occur- ring most frequently in the Trent valley and on the moorlands in the north. The earliest record is that of Mr. Gisborne who shot one on December n, 1767, near Staveley. For