62 Lloyd's natural history. 



leathers ; lower back and rump uniform rosy ; wings dark 

 brown, with rosy margins to the feathers, broader on the inner 

 secondaries; crown uniform rosy or pale crimson, as also the 

 under surface of the body, which is ashy whitish on the lower 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts. Total length, 8*5 inches ; 

 culmen, 065 ; wing, 415 ; tail, 3*25 ; tarsus, o'S6. 



Adult Female. — Lacks the rosy colour of the male, the lower 

 back being ashy like the rest of the back, with dusky centres 

 to the feathers ; quills and tail-feathers edged with yellowish 

 white or olive ; under surface of body ashy grey, washed with 

 golden olive on the throat and breast ; abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts pale ashy. Total length, 8 inches ; wing, 4-0. 



Range in Great Britain. — Accidental only ; the numerous re- 

 cords of its capture in this country resting in nearly every 

 case on unsatisfactory evidence. 



Range outside the British Islands. — An inhabitant of the pine- 

 woods of Northern Europe, across Northern Asia and North 

 America, in the vicinity of the Arctic Circle. In Central 

 Europe it has occurred only as an irregular wanderer. 



Habits. — According to Mr. Seebohm, the Pine-Finch goes 

 about in flocks during the winter, but disperses through the 

 pine-woods during the nesting season. The call note is some- 

 thing like that of the Bullfinch. In disposition it is some- 

 what shy and frequents the tops of the trees, affecting the 

 woods by the sides of streams. Its food consists of "buds of 

 various forest-trees, the seeds of pine- and fir-cones, and the 

 berries of various shrubs, especially those of the southern- 

 wood." 



Nest. — " Made on the same model as those of the Hawfinch 

 and Bullfinch, but of coarser materials. The outside is a 

 framework of slender fir-twigs, and the inside, which projects 

 above the outside, is composed of roots, fine grass, and a 

 lichen which grows on the branches of the trees, and which 

 might easily be mistaken for hair." (Seebohm.) 



Egg 3 . — Three to four in number. Something like large Bull- 

 finch's eggs in appearance, but much deeper blue, with plentiful 

 underlying spots of purplish grey, and overlying spots of brown, 

 with darker blotches and spots of purplish brown, collecting 



