Plectrophenax nivalis
A winter visitor, rather rare. Never seen by us.
Sir Hugh Owen has met with it near Fishguard. Mr. Tracy says, "often obtained in a severe winter." In Mr. Mathias' list, but does not appear to have occurred to Mr. Dix. " White Buntings " are reported to have been seen about the rocks at the Smalls Lighthouse on October 17th, 1884. These were doubtless Snow Buntings migrating.