INSESSOBES. 



CONIROSTRES. 



BULLFINCH. 



601 



FRING1LLIDJE. 



THE BULLFINCH. 



Pyrrhula vulgaris. 



Loxia pyrrhula, The Bullfinch, 



Pyrrhula vulgaris, Common 



The 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 430. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 168. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 82. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 336. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 140. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Bovreuil commun, TEMM.Man.d'Ornith.vol.iv. p. 338. 



PYRRHULA. Generic Characters. Beak short, and thick at the base ; the 

 sides inflated and bulging ; upper mandible convex, deflected at the tip, 

 and overhanging the point of the lower one. Nostrils basal, lateral, round, 

 more or less concealed by hair-like feathers at the base of the bill, directed 

 forwards. Feet with the tarsus shorter than the middle toe : toes, three 

 before, one behind, divided. Wings rather short ; the first quill shorter 

 than the third, which is of the same length as the fourth, and the longest in 

 the wing. 



