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THE SCARLET (iROSBEAK. 

 Pyrrhula krvthri'na (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, now in the 

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

 Other examples have probably occurred from lime 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 South Sweden, 

 Sylc, Sleswick, Heligoland, Belgium, France, the south of Spain — 

 whence I possess a specimen, killed on November 15th 1S74, and 

 have seen another — Italy and Malta. In North-eastern Germany it 

 is not uncommon 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, and 

 Poland. P^astward, it nests throughout the marshy forests of Northern 

 Siberia to the Pacific, and further south, in the elevated regions 

 of the Caucasus, Asia Minor, Turkestan, and through Central Asia 



