A rare bird with us.
Fringilla ciris [The Painted Finch].
A migratory species. Only one specimen has been seen.
Fringilla carduelis [The Goldfinch].
These birds have in a great measure been captured by the bird-catchers. (See [p. 270].)
Fringilla spinus [The Siskin].
Fewer than before. They have been thinned by the bird-catchers. A tamable bird.
Fringilla cannabina [The Linnet].
There is no house bird that possesses so many names as this one. It is the rose lintie so long as it retains its red breast; but when that is gone or wanting, it is then the gray lintie, the whin lintie, the brown lintie, and so on. Cultivation is driving the linties away, by tearing down every whin, knoll, and brae, where it is possible for the plough and spade to work their way.
Fringilla linaria [The Lesser Redpole].