PART III. 



BULL-FINCHES. Pyrrhulss. 



CHAPTER I. 



BULL-FINCH. PyrrJiula vulgaris. 



THE Bull-finch, so well known by name 

 as a choice and delicious songster, and so 

 greatly celebrated for its constant beauty 

 of plumage, is another of the many varie- 

 ties imported from Europe, to delight the 

 eyes and ears of our countrymen. 



In the countries he inhabits he is by far 

 more commonly seen in the cage than in 

 his native woods and fields, which probably 

 arises from the great demand for him as 

 a song-bird, and his rather wild and shy 

 habits. There, he is towards his kind a 

 social and friendly bird, and becomes so 



