SCARLET GROSBEAK., 
PYRRHULA ERYTHRINA, Pallas. 
Pyrrhula erythrina, Pallas, N. Comm. Ac. Sci. Imp. Petr. 
xiv. p. 587 (1770); Naum. iv. p. 418; Yarr. ed. 4, ii. 
p. 172. 
Carpodacus erythrinus, Dresser, iv. p. 75. 
Karmin-Gimpel, German. 
'l'wo instances only of the occurrence of this species 
in England are on record—one near Brighton in Sep- 
tember 1869, the other near Hampstead in October 
1870. As this is a bird that I have never met with in 
a wild state, I must refer my readers to our standard 
authorities for an account of its habits and natural 
haunts. In captivity I have found the Scarlet Grosbeak 
a singularly dull and stupid bird, voracious, and tame 
enough; its note, however, is not unpleasing; but iny 
caged specimens seldom favoured us with a vocal per- 
formance of any sort. 
