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centre, those on the back with pale margins ; rump purplish red ; throat 

 and fore neck clear reddish broicn, the latter streaked with dark brown ; 

 axillaries reddish brown, with black centres. 



Female. Like male, but lighter and without the rosy rump, which is 

 uniform with the back. Length 5-5 inches. 



115. Pyrrhula erythrina, Pallas. Scarlet Grosbeak. 



Three immature specimens of this Eastern Finch have been 

 obtained in October, near Malaga. 



The females and young males of this species are at first sight very likely 

 to be mistaken for immature Greenfinches (C. cMoris}, but are to be 

 distinguished by the form of the bill and the two distinct yellowish-white 

 bars on the wing. In this plumage it is doubtless the Fringilla incerta of 

 Eisso. 



Wings shorter than tail. 



Adult male. General colour rosy or crimson ; head crimson ; rump 

 brighter than back. 



Female. General colour above olive-brown ; feathers with dusky centres ; 

 rump same colour as back ; middle and greater wing-coverts tipped with 

 yellowish white, forming a double wing-bar ; throat dull white, streaked 

 with brown. Length 5^ inches. 



116. Erythrospiza githaginea (Lichtenstein). The Desert 



Rosy Bullfinch. 



This species is mentioned by Mr. Drake as being seen in the 

 south of Morocco, and has occurred accidentally near Malaga. 

 Several were caught in 1877. 



Adult. General colour rosy. Female duller than male. Young sandy 

 brown. Length 5 inches. 



117. Loxia curvirostra, Linnaeus. The Common Crossbill. 



Spanish. Pico cruzado, Pico tuerto. 



Favier only mentions having obtained this conifer-frequenting 

 bird once near Tangier, " a specimen being picked up in a dying 

 state in 1855." 



Although never having myself met with the Crossbill on either 

 side of the Straits, I have seen undoubted Andalucian specimens. 



