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Hob. From the Ural mountains through Siberia to Alaska, 

 south to Turkestan and the Mongolian slopes of the Altai 

 range. It has strayed, it is said, as far west as St. Petersburg. 



In general habits it is said to resemble our European bird, 

 but its call-note is clearer and not so harsh. It breeds in the 

 southern Baikal district, but its nest and eggs are as yet un- 

 described. Some specimens from the Altai are rather paler, 

 and have been separated subspecifically by Seebohm under the 

 name P. cineracea pallida (Ibis, 1887, p. 101), but I cannot 

 take this view. 



492. AZOREAN BULLFINCH. 

 PYRRHULA MURINA. 



Pyrrhula murina, Godman, Ibis. 1866, p. 97, pi. 3 ; Dresser, iv. p. 107. 

 pi. 200 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mas. xii. p. 452, 



ad. (Azores). Kesembles the female of P. europcea, but has a larger 

 and stouter bill, the upper parts are washed with dull orange-brown, and 

 the rump not white, but coloured like the back ; under parts brownish ash, 

 with an orange -brown tinge ; bill, legs, and iris as in P. europcea. Cul- 

 men 0'5, wing 3*45, tail 3'0, tarsus 0'9 inch. The female is rather smaller, 

 and less tinged with orange-brown, more especially on the under parts, 

 which are greyer and paler than in the male. 



Hob. St. Michael, Azores. 



It is said to be confined to mountainous portions of the island 

 of St. Michael, where it is tolerably common and very tame. 

 In general habits it resembles P. europcea, but nothing is 

 known respecting its nest and eggs. 



493. BEAVAN'S BULLFINCH. 

 PYRRHULA ERITHACUS. 



Pyrrhula erlthacus, Blyth, Ibis. 1802, p. 389 ; id. Ibis. 1863, p. 441 , 

 pi. x ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii. p. 455 ; Gould, B. of Asia, 

 v. pi. 39 ; Gates, F. Brit. Ind. Birds, ii. p. 206 ; David and Oust. 

 Ois. Chine, p. 349. 



ad. (Sikhirn). Space at base.of bill black, margined with greyish white ; 

 crown, nape, and upper parts dark ashy grey, the sides of head and throat 

 paler; a broad black, and then a white band across the rump; quills 

 black, lesser and median coverts ashy grey, with dark centres, the larger 

 coverts black, with terminal portion ashy grey ; tail and upper tail-coverts 



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