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feathers ; lower back and rump uniform rosy ; wings dark 

 brown, with rosy margins to the feathers, broader on the inner 

 secondaries ; crown uniform rosy or pale crimson, as also the 

 under surface of the body, which is ashy whitish on the lower 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts. Total length, 8-5 inches ; 

 culmen, 0*65 ; wing, 4-15 ; tail, 3*25 ; tarsus, o'86. 



Adult Female; Lacks the rosy colour of the male, the lower 

 back being ashy like the rest of the back, with dusky centres 

 to the feathers ; quills and tail-feathers edged with yellowish 

 white or olive ; under surface of body ashy grey, washed with 

 golden olive on the throat and breast ; abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts pale ashy. Total length, 8 inches ; wing, 4-0. 



Range in Great Britain.- Accidental only ; the numerous re- 

 cords of its capture in this country resting in nearly every 

 case on unsatisfactory evidence. 



Range outside the British Islands. An inhabitant of the pine- 

 woods of Northern Europe, across Northern Asia and North 

 America, in the vicinity of the Arctic Circle. In Central 

 Europe it has occurred only as an irregular wanderer. 



Habits. According to Mr. Seebohm, the Pine-Finch goes 

 about in flocks during the winter, but disperses through the 

 pine-woods during the nesting season. The call-note is some- 

 thing like that of the Bullfinch. In disposition it is some- 

 what shy and frequents the tops of the trees, affecting the 

 woods by the sides of streams. Its food consists of " buds of 

 various forest-trees, the seeds of pine- and fir-cones, and the 

 berries of various shrubs, especially those of the southern- 

 wood." 



Nest. " Made on the same model as those of the Hawfinch 

 and Bullfinch, but of coarser materials. The outside is a 

 framework of slender fir-twigs, and the inside, which projects 

 above the outside, is composed of roots, fine grass, and a 

 lichen which grows on the branches of the trees, and which 

 might easily be mistaken for hair." (Seebohm.} 



Eggs. Three to four in number. Something like large Bull- 

 finch's eggs in appearance, but much deeper blue, with plentiful 

 underlying spots of purplish grey, and overlying spots of brown, 

 with darker blotches and spots of purplish brown, collecting 



