Mr, F. Du Cane Godman on the Birds uf the Azores. 97 



in cages. At the time I was there I believe there was but one 

 living, and this was a female. The owner had such an exalted 

 notion of its value that I did not procure it, but contented my- 

 self by making a coloured drawing of it. 



Fringilla moreleti, Pucheran. "Tintilhao." 

 First brought from the Azores by M. Morelet in 1857, and 

 named by M. Pucheran after its discoverer. It is the repre- 

 sentative of our Chaffinch (F. coelebs), whose habits it much 

 resembles. From the description, it must be exceedingly like 

 F. tintillon of Webb and Berthelot from the Canaries, but at 

 present I have not been able to get a specimen of this latter 

 bird for comparison. Its nearest continental ally seems to be 

 the Algerian F. spodiogena, Bonaparte, from which, however, it 

 differs considerably. It is distributed throughout all the islands 

 of the archipelago, and is very common. Its nest is built of 

 moss, lined with wool, and is not so neatly made as that of our 

 Chaffinch. It lays four or five eggs, marked with brown spots, 

 like those of F. coelebs, but rather larger. 



Pyrrhula murina, sp. nov. " Prior.^' (Plate III.) 

 Major; subtus murinus, uropygio cinereo, rostro pedibusque 



validissimis. 

 6 . Capite toto ad nucham et mento, alis caudaque nigris, 

 purpurascente tinctis, his nitentioribus ; dorso et corpore 

 toto subtus murinis, illo obscuriore, ventre medio vix 

 aurantiaco tincto, tectricibus minoribus et fascia alari cum 

 uropygio cinereis, hoc paulo dilutiore ; macula alari ferru- 

 ginea ut in aliis hujus generis speciebus. 

 2 . Mari omnio similis, sed pectore magis cinereo, et colore au- 

 rantiaco carente. 

 Long. tot. 6*5, alse 3*4, caudse 3, tarsi "8, dig. med. "9, ung. 

 •25, poll. angl. 

 Hab. Ins. Scti. Michaelis, Azorensi. 



Synon. Pyrrhula coccinea, Pucheran, 'VInstitut,' No. 1310, 

 Feb. 9, 1859; Rev. Zool. 1859, p. 413 {minime De Selys-Long- 

 champs, Faun. Belg. p. 79, nee auctt. csett.). 



M. Morelet brought away but one specimen of this bird from 



the Azores, and M. Pucheran refers it to P. coccinea of De Selys- 



Longchamps*, the female of which it somewhat resembles ; but it 



is entirely different in appeai'ance from the male to that species^ not 



* Cf. ' Ibis,' 1859, p. 322; 1800, p. 9.3; et 1801, p. 401. 



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