BRITISH BIRDS. 8 1 



common in Surrey; size 75 by '55. Call-note ; a short, 

 plaintive whistle often repeated ; song, heard in early 

 spring, is weak and soft. 



98a. P. europsea major (Brehm). NORTHERN 

 BULLFINCH. 



Hab. Northern Europe, west to Norway, south to East 

 Prussia and Poland ; also Siberia. 



Distinctly larger than typical bird, also having colours 

 more brilliant and greater wing-coverts broadly tipped 

 with pure white instead of greyish-white. 



Two examples shot in Yorkshire in November, 1894, 

 were exhibited at a meeting of the Zoological Society of 

 London in November, 1895. 



GENUS XLTV. CARPODACUS, Kaup 



99. Carpodaeus erythrinus (Pall.)- ROSY 



BULLFINCH. 



Hab. Palaearctic region ; in Europe westward to Fin- 

 land and Poland. A straggler to W. Europe. 



One example was obtained near Brighton in September, 

 1869; another at Caen Wood, Middlesex, in October, 1870. 



GENUS XLV. PINICOLA, Vieillot (1807). 



100. Pinieola enueleator (Linn.). PINE-GROSBEAK. 



Hab. Northern Palaearctic region, north to lat. 70 in 

 Norway ; also sub- Arctic America. 



More than two dozen occurrences in all have been 

 recorded from various localities, ranging from Kent to 

 North Scotland, but subsequent examination has shown 

 that not more than four or five of these are really reliable. 



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