430 



BULFINCH. 



Class II. 



.5.BuLFiNCH. Loxia Pyrrhula. L. cinerea, 

 artubus nigris, tectricibus 

 caudoe remigumque postica- 

 ' rum albls- Lath. hid. orn. 



387. id. Syn. lii. 145. id. 

 Sup. I. 152 



Le Pivoine. Beloii av. 35(). 



Asprocolos, ohs. 13. 



Rubicilla, sive PjTrhiUa. Ges- 

 ner av. 733. 



Aldr. av. ii. 326. ' 



Ciufolotto. Olina, 40. 



Bulfinch, Alp, or Nope. Wil. 

 orn. 247- 



Rail Syn. av. 86. 



Blutfinck, Frisch, i. 2. 



Le Bouvreuil. Brisson av. iii. 



308. Hist, d'ois. iv. 372. PL 



Enl. 145. 

 Monachino, Sufolotto. Zinan. 



58. 

 Loxia Pyrrhula. Gm. Lin. 



846. 

 Domherre. Faun. Suec. sp. 



225. 

 Gumpl. Kram. 365. Gimpl. 



Scopoli, No. 202. 

 Danis & Noi-vegis Dom-pape, 



quihusdam Dom-Herre. Br. 



240. 

 Br. Zool. 106. plate U./. 3.4. 



Arct. Zool. ii. 39 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



XHE wild note of this bird is not in the lest 

 musical ; but when tamed it becomes remark- 

 ably docile, and may be taught any tune after 

 a pipe, or to whistle any notes in the justest 

 manner: it seldom forgets what it has learned; 

 and will become so tame as to come at call, 

 perch on its master's shoulders, and (at com- 

 mand) go through a difficult musical lesson. 

 It may be taught to speak, and some thus in- 

 structed are annually brought to London from 

 Germany. 



The male is distinguished from the female 



