82 BIRDS. PASSERES. Pyrrhula. 



jobber, Woodcracker ; W, Delor-ye-enau.«— In wooded situations in 

 the south of England, 



Length 6 inches ; weight 6 drams. Bill dusky, lower mandible white at 

 the base. Legs grey, claws hooked. Irides brown. Plumage above, blackish- 

 grey ; below, buff-orange. Quills dusky. Tail short, of twelve flexible fea- 

 thers ; the two middle grey ; the four outer black, with a white bar ; the tip 

 ash-gi'ey. Female less ; the band over the eye indistinct. — Nest in the holes 

 of trees, the opening formed with clay, and the cavity lined with dead leaves. 

 Eggs 5 or C, greyish-white, spotted with reddish-brown. The female sits 

 close, and refuses to leave the nest upon being disturbed — This bird runs 

 upwards and downwards on the trunks of trees without difficulty. 



Sibbald seems to consider this species, probably erroneously, as an inhabitant 

 of Scotland. In England it is chiefly confined to the southern parts, though 

 Mr Selby has succeeded in tracing it as far north as to the banks of the Wear 

 and Tyne. 



Gen. XLIII. PYRRHULA. Bullfinch.— Bill short, thick, 

 hooked, with inflated sides, the ridge advancing on the 

 forehead. Middle-toe longer than the tarsus. 



97. P. vulgaris. Common Bullfinch. — Crown, base of the 

 bill, throat, wings, and tail black. 



Rubicilla, sive Pyrrhula, Will. Orn. 180. Sibb. Scot. 18 — Loxia PpThula, 

 Linn. Syst. i. 300. Penn. Brit Zool. i. 322 — Pyrrh. vul., Temm. Orn. i. 



338 E, Bed-hoop, Tomy-hoop ; S, Alp, Nobe ; W, Y Chwybanydd, 



Bhawn-goch ; G, Corcan-coille — In wooded districts, common. 

 Length about 6 inches. Bill and feet black. Irides brown. Nape of the 

 neck and back grey ; cheeks, neck, breast, belly and flanks bright tile-red ; 

 rump and vent white. QuUl-covers tipped and edged with pink-wliite. Fe- 

 male bluish-grey above, brocoli-brown below ; in other parts like the male, 

 but with colours less distinct, — Pairs in April. Nest in hedges, of dry twigs, 

 lined with fibrous roots. Eggs 5, bluish-white, spotted with pale orange- 

 brown. Young birds Mke the female, but destitute of the black on the head. 

 — Feeds on seeds, and buds of trees. 



Gen. XLIV. COCCOTHRAUSTES. Grosbeak.— Bill 

 large, conical, blunt, inflated ; the ridge rounded ; the edge 

 of the lower mandible inflected. 



98. C. vulgaris. Common Grosbeak. — Cheeks, head, and 

 rump brown ; front, lores and throat black. 



Will. Orn. 178 Loxia Coc, Linn. Svst. i. 299. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 316. 



—Fringilla Coc, Tcmm. Orn. i. 344 — £, Cherry-finch ; W, Gylfin- 

 braff. — A winter visitant of the south of England. 

 Length C, breadth 1 2 inches ; weight 2 ounces. Bill pinkish-white. Legs 

 pale brown. Irides ash-grey. Collar, round the nape of the neck, bluish- 

 grey. Beak and smaller wing-covers reddish-brown ; the greater coverts 

 tipped with white. Quills black ; from the fourth to the fifteenth with a 

 white oblong spot on the inner web ; truncated at their ends. Tail black ; 

 the four middle feathers half white from the point, the I'est with only the in- 

 ner webs white. Colours of the female obscure — Nest on trees. Eggs 5, 



