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BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Bullfincb. 



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The Bullfinch {Pyrrhtda vulgaris, Temminck) is a resident 

 species in the British Isles, being also met with in Europe 

 west of Central Russia and south of Scandinavia. Examples 

 occasionally occur in the southernmost countries of Europe. 

 The adult male has the crown of the head, base of bill, and 

 throat, velvety blue-black ; nape and mantle, smoke-grey ; 

 larger wing-coverts have whitish tips, thereby producing a 

 transverse bar; wings and tail, bluish-black; rump, white; 

 under tail-coverts, white; rest of under parts, dull ver- 

 milion ; bill, black ; legs and irides, dark brown. Length, 

 about six inches. The female on the upper parts is brownish- 

 grey ; underneath, warmish brown. The young have no 

 black on the head, and the wing bar is buffish-white. 



(Breater Bullfincb. 



The Greater Bullfinch [Fyrrhu/a majoi-, C. L. Brehm) is 

 a rare visitor to the British Isles, nesting in Scandinavia 

 and North-Eastern Europe generally, and occurring during 



