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peculiarity may be deferred until the changes which the 

 Crossbills undergo are considered. Here it is only need- 

 ful to observe that, though the cock Pine-Grosbeak has 

 undoubtedly been found breeding with his glowing crimson 

 suit undeveloped, there is no trustworthy evidence that this 

 brilliant plumage is a mark of mere adolescence, from which 

 he with age retrogrades into a less gaudy dress. 



For the reason already assigned this species has been here 

 left in the genus Pyrrlmla. But most modern authors re- 

 move it therefrom, and, if their example be followed, the 

 generic term Plnicola, instituted by Vieillot in 1807, should 

 most likel^'' be used for it. The preceding species is also 

 commonly separated from Pyrrlmla, under the generic 

 name CarpodacAis applied to it by Kaup in 1829. It is 

 here placed in Pyrrlmla since it manifestly differs less from 

 the Bullfinch than the Pine-Grosbeak does. 



The vignette represents what is happily no longer to be 

 seen in this country. It is much to be wished that prohibi- 

 tion could be extended to all cases of the misapplication of 

 the powers of animals, including the education of "piping" 

 Bullfinches. 



