FRINGILLIN.5. 



197 



THE SCARLET GROSBEAK. 



Pyrrhula erythrina (Pallas). 



The Scarlet Grosbeak is an Eastern species which has noticeably 

 extended its range in a westerly direction of late years, and on two 

 occasions has been known to stray to England. The first instance 

 on record was that of a female, captured on the downs near Brighton 

 in September 1S69, which subsequently lived until June 1876 in the 

 aviary of Mr. T. J. Monk of Lewes, in whose collection it is now 

 preserved. On October 5th 1870, another female, in the collection 

 of the late Mr. F. Bond, was taken near Caen Wood, Hampstead. 

 Other examples have probably occurred from time to time, and have 

 been overlooked ; for young birds or females of this species might 

 easily be mistaken for Greenfinches. 



As a straggler, the Scarlet Grosbeak has visited Finmark, South 

 Sweden, Sylt, Schleswig, Heligoland, Holland, Belgium, France 

 (especially Provence), the south of Spain (whence I possess a speci- 

 men, killed on November 15th 1874, and have seen another), 

 Austria, Italy and IVLilta. In North eastern Germany it is not un- 

 common on migration, and on one occasion it has been known to 

 nest in Silesia ; but the western limits of its usual breeding-range 

 appear to be Finland, the Baltic Provinces of Russia, East Prussia 

 and Poland. Eastward, it nests throughout the marshy forests of 



