. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . ented the birch-trees in thepolicy-grounds of Paxton House, where none have beenobserved for the last ten years. It seems to occur in theneighbourhood of Duns Castle frequently, and as it is re-ported to have been seen in the woods there during summer,it is possible that it may have bred in that locality. Thereis, however, no record of the nest having been found inBerwickshire. The following places in the county, in a
. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . ented the birch-trees in thepolicy-grounds of Paxton House, where none have beenobserved for the last ten years. It seems to occur in theneighbourhood of Duns Castle frequently, and as it is re-ported to have been seen in the woods there during summer,it is possible that it may have bred in that locality. Thereis, however, no record of the nest having been found inBerwickshire. The following places in the county, in addition to thoseabove mentioned, are recorded as haunts of the Siskin:—Alders at Clockmill, near Duns ; ^ wood at the side of theLuggy in Lauderdale; ^ sides of Tower Burn, near PeaseMill; ^ banks of the Blackadder; ^ Gordon Moss and Pans; ^and Edington Mill.^ I have likewise notes of its appear-ance near Mertoun; at the Langton Burn, near LangtonHouse; and on the banks of the Leader, near Earlston. 1 Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, vol. vii. p. 121. - Ibid. vol. vii. p. 303. 3 Ibid. vol. vii. p. 513. 4 jud. vol. vii. p. 521. 5 Ibid. vol. ix. pp. 230, 561. 6 Ibid. vol. x. p. PJSSERES. ( 154 ) FRINGILLID^. THE GREENFINCH. GREEN LINNET, GREEN GROSBEAK, GREEN LINTIE. Goccothraustes \\e (Bvttn ILintit. / love the broom where the gay Green LhmetBigs its wee bower on t/ie broke?!, tree. H. ScOTT-RiDDELL, The Bonny Broom. Tlie Grene serene sang sueit, quhen the Goldspynk chantit. Sir David Lindsay, Co}?iplaynt of Scotland. The Greenfinch is a very common bird in the county, andmay be seen in numbers wherever there are trees and remains with us all the year, but our residents mayprobably receive additions to their numbers in autumnfrom migratory flocks from the north.^ Towards that season it assembles in flocks with Chaf-finches and other birds, and frequents the stubble fields,where it feeds on seeds of various kinds, as well as on thewaste corn. When severe weather o
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