298 ALLEN'S NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. 



1883, and October, 1893. One of these has been figured by 

 Lord Lilford in his beautiful work on British Birds. I have 

 also seen a specimen caught near Tring, in the Hon. Walter 

 Rothschild's collection. There can be little doubt that the 

 species occurs more frequently in Great Britain than is supposed, 

 but is confounded with the Mealy Redpoll. 



Range outside the British Islands. This species has an extensive 

 range, occurring from Northern Scandinavia across Siberia, 

 and throughout Arctic America. 



VII. GREENLAND REDPOLL. CANNABINA HORNEMANNI. 



Linota hornemanni^ Holboell, Naturl. Tidskr. iv. p. 395 



(1843)- 



Acanthis hormmanni^ Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 257 

 (1888). 



Adult Male. Similar to Coues' Redpoll, but much larger. 

 Total length, 5-3 inches; oilmen, 0-4; wing, 3-4; tail, 2-5; 

 tarsus, 0*65. 



Adult Female. A little smaller than the male. Wing, 3-2 

 inches. 



Range in Great Britain. A specimen of this large white-rumped 

 Redpoll is recorded by the late John Hancock as having been 

 obtained near Whitburn, in Durham, in April, 1855. 



Range outside the British Islands. The home of this species is 

 in Eastern North America, Greenland, and Iceland. 



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II. THE GREATER BULLFINCH. PYRRHULA PYRRHULA. 



Loxia pyrrhula^ Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 300 (1766). 



Pyrrhula major, Brehm ; Dresser, B. Eur. iv. p. 97, pi. 198 



(1876). 



Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 446 

 (1888). 



Adults. Similar to P. europcea, but much larger, and the 

 colours purer, especially the red colour of the breast. Total 

 length, 6 inches ; oilmen, 0-5 ; wing, 2-7 ; tail, 2-6; tarsus, 07. 



Range in Great Britain. Two specimens of the large Bull- 

 finch were exhibited by Colonel Irby at a meeting of the 



