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compressed, and advancing upon the forehead. Nostrils 

 basal, lateral, round, in general concealed by the feathers at 

 the base of the bill. Feet having the tarsus shorter than 

 the middle toe. Toes three before and one behind, divided. 

 Wings rather short, and with the fourth quill-feather the 

 longest. 



The birds of this genus are, in their mode of life, nearly 

 allied to the Crossbills. They are chiefly natives of the cold- 

 er and temperate parts of Europe, Asia, and America. 

 Their food consists of the buds of various trees, as well as 

 the hardest seeds and fruits, which they are enabled to break 

 by their horny strong bill, the peculiar convexity of which 

 distinguishes them from the rest of the Fringillidae. Most of 

 the species are subject to a double moult, and the males are 

 easily to be distinguished from the females, by the brighter 

 colours of their plumage. 



PINE BULLFINCH. 



PYRRHULA ENUCLEATOR, Temm. 

 PLATE LIU . FIGS. 1, 2. 



Pyrrhula enucleator, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 383. 



Loxia enucleator, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 299. 3 Gmel Syst. 1. p. 845. sp. 3 



Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. I. p. 3?2. sp. 5. 

 Coccothraustes Canadensis, Briss. 3. p. 250. 15. t. 12. t. 3. 

 Le Dur-bec du Canada, Buff. Ois. v. 3. p. 457 Id. PL Enl. 137. f. 1. male 



one year old, and PL Enl. 124. old female. 

 Haaken Kernbeiser, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 28. Meyer, Tasschenb. 



Deut. v. 1. p. 142 Id. Vog. Deut. v. 1. t. f. 1. year old male ; f. 2. old 



female. 

 Pine Grosbeak, Br. Zool. No. 114. t. 49. f. 2. Arct. Zool. 2. No. 209 



Lewirfs Br. Birds, 2. t. 68 Mont. Ornith. Diet. v. 1 Wale. Syn. t. 207- 



Don, Br. Birds, 1. t. 17 Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. p. 135 Shaw's Zool. 



v. 9. p. 238. t. 43. 



Occasional THIS beautiful species seldom visits our island, and even 

 then its range is limited to the northern districts of Scotland, 

 where the pine is the natural produce of the country. In 



