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FRINGILLID^E. 



fNSESSORES. 

 CONIROSTRES. 



FRINGILLID^E. 



THE BULLFINCH. 

 Pyrrhula vulgaris. 



Loocia pyrrhufa, Tlie Bullfinch, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 430. 



>-> > MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



s y> >> BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. ] 68. 



Pyrrhula vulgaris, Common FLEM. Brit. An. p. 82. 



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



w JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 140. 



w M 7^ w GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xi. 



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 be- 

 hind, 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. 



