The bold, pert, quarrelsome bird, indifferent alike to our kindness and our enmity, which nevertheless one is glad to see feeding on the crumbs considerately thrown to it from the parlour breakfast-table. THE GREENFINCH (_Coccothraustes chloris_), ii., 106. Common in cultivated fields and gardens. Song sweet but monotonous. THE COMMON LINNET (_Linaria cannabina_), ii., 110. Abundant everywhere on heaths and in hedgerows. Many are kept in cages for the beauty of the song. Not only among mankind, it would seem, does a fine voice sometimes prove the road to ruin. THE LESS RED-POLE (_Linaria minor_), ii., 111. This bird breeds in Marple Wood, Cotterill Clough, and similar places. The nest, rather hard to discover, is round, the size of a racket-ball, and composed of fibrous roots and the hemp-like bark of the dead nettle-stalks of the previous year, with which the little architect ties them together, the inside being lined with the pappus or down of the coltsfoot seed. It is generally placed in high hedges or in the boughs of fir-trees. THE BULLFINCH (_Loxia Pyrrhula_), ii., 114. Rare. Remarkable for the beauty of its nest, which is constructed of the withered ends of the slenderest woodbine twigs the bird can find, laid crosswise like a woven fabric. Generally found in a bush, and about a yard from the ground. THE STARLING, OR SHEPSTER (_Sturnus vulgaris_), iii., 121. A bird well-known as stopping up waterspouts with its nest, and never going to bed till after a prolonged chatter. Common everywhere. THE CARRION CROW (_Corvus corone_), i., 52. Formerly common in Hough-end Clough, but now extinct, and fast disappearing from the neighbourhood in general. THE ROOK (_Corvus frugilegus_), i., 54. Common everywhere. Their clamour one of the most familiar of rural sounds, and their great feathers, of the only shade of black that is lively, constantly seen lying upon the ground. THE JACKDAW (_Corvus monedula_), i., 55. Formerly an inhabitant of the steeples of St. John's, St. Anne's, St. Matthew's, and St. Mary's churches. Plentiful wherever there is an old ruin. THE MAGPIE (_Pica caudata_), i., 56. Formerly very abundant about Urmston, but has become scarce with the disappearance of the tall trees, especially poplars, once so plentiful there. It suffers sadly, also, from sportsmen and gamekeepers. THE JAY (_Garrulus glandarius_), i., 58. Frequent about Withington, Didsbury, Northen, and in that part of the neighbourhood. THE GREEN WOODPECKER (_Picus viridis_), ii., 64. This bird used to breed in Dunham Park. One was seen there in January, 1859. THE GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (_Picus major_), ii., 65. Rare. Dunham Park; Barlow Moor. THE COMMON CREEPER (_Certhia familiaris_), ii., 62.