336 PYRRHULA 



Hob. Eastern Siberia, the lower Amoor, Manchuria, Corea, 

 N. China, and Japan. 



In habits it does not differ from our European Bullfinch. It 

 breeds in Siberia, but its nest and eggs appear to be as yet 

 unknown. 



P. kurilensis, Sharpe, op cit. xii. p. 450, pi. xi. (1888), has the 

 upper parts not quite so clear grey in tinge of colour, and the 

 under parts a trifle paler and duller than in P. griseiventris, and 

 appears to me not to be worthy of even subspecific rank. It 

 inhabits the Kurile islands. 



490. SUBSP. PYRKHULA ROSACEA. 



PyrrJiula rosacea, Seebohm, Ibis. 1882, p. 371 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. xii. p. 451 ; P. orientalis (partim), Temm. and Schlegel, 

 Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 53 ; Gould, B. of Asia, v. pi. 35. 



<J ad. (Japan). Differs from P. griseiventris in having the under parts 

 pale rosy red, sometimes with a grey tinge, and the upper parts slightly 

 tinged with rosy red, and slightly duller in tinge of colour than in 

 P. griseiventris. Culnien 0'4, wing 3'25, tail 2'55, tarsus 0'7 inch. The 

 female is undistinguishable from that of P. griseiventris. 



Hob. Eastern Siberia and Japan. 



This bird is considered by some ornithologists to be merely 

 .an advanced stage of P. griseiventris, but after an examination 

 of a considerable series of specimens, I agree with Dr. Sharpe 

 that it should be treated as a valid subspecies. In habits it 

 -does not differ from P. griseiventris. 



491. CASSIN'S BULLFINCH. 

 PYRRHULA CASSINI. 



PyrrJiula cassini, Baird, Trans. Chic. Acad. i. p. 316, pi. 29 (1869) ; 

 Dresser, ix. p. 201, pi. 677 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii. p. 451 ; 

 Turner, Nat. Hist. Alaska, Birds, p. 169, pi. vii ; Ridgway, p. 389 ; 

 P. cineracea, Cab. J. f. 0. 1872, p. 316, ; Gould, B. of As. v. p. 40. 



ad. (Siberia). Differs from P. europcm in having the upper parts clearer 

 blue grey, the innermost secondary lacking the red, and the under parts are 

 not brick-red, but clear, pale ashy grey, the cheeks and ear-coverts clearer 

 and paler ; flanks and middle of the abdomen rather paler ; bill black ; legs 

 and iris dark brown. Culnien 0'45, wing 3'45, tail 2'80, tarsus 65 inch. 

 The female is slightly duller in tone of colour, and the under parts are 

 Tbrownish grey. 



