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Fringilla ccelebs. 2 £ . White,, with the portions of the 

 mantle and rump (green in regularly coloured birds) 

 pale sulphur-yellow. 



1 £ . Arezzo, Italy. Almost entirely like the first- 

 mentiond <$ , but with some brown on the back. 



]. Buff; quills and tail almost entirely white, the 

 greenish edges on the secondaries replaced by pale 

 yellow. 



1 S ad. Near Cheltenham, 8.4.96. Everywhere of a 

 curious cinnamon-rufous colour, which is darkest on the • 

 dark portions, lightest on the white parts of the plumage. 



Linota cannabina. Three pale varieties. Brighton. 



Pyrrhula europ^ea. 1. White; crown, sides of head and 



neck, throat, chest, breast, and abdomen bright rosy red. 

 1. Similar, but with a faint rosy tinge on the back 



and the red portions very much paler. 



1. Pure white. N. Gloucester, Aug. 1895. 

 Coccothraustes coccothraustes. Brighton. Pied all over, 



white predominating ; underside and head and neck 



almost universally white. 

 Loxia curvirostra. $ . Head and neck, greater part of 



underside, and a few feathers here and there white. 

 Pyrrhuloxia sinuata. Texas. Lores and throat faintly 



red; nearly the whole crest and bases of quills and 



tail red. 

 Emberiza citrinella. <$ . Cheltenham. Below rather 



light yellow ; above pied with a great deal of sulphur- 

 yellow. 



1. Head and throat mostly light yellow. 

 1. All over brownish black; some of the quills white. 

 Emberiza miliaria. 2. England. Principally white, with 



brown spots and other markings. 



Emberiza schceniclus. 1. White, with a few brown feathers 

 on the back and abdomen, and with some brown markings 

 in the tail. 



1. Hereford. White, with pale reddish-brown 

 markings. 



