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ERYTHKOSPIZA GITHAGINEA. 



(TRUMPETER BULLFINCH.) 



Fringilla githaginea, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 24 (1823). 



Pyrrhula payraudm, Aud. Expl. des PL d'Oiseaux de l'Egypte, p. 286, pi. 5. fig. 8 (1825). 



Pyrrhula githaginea (Licht.), Temm. Man. d'Orn. iii. p. 249 (1835). 



Erythrospiza githaginea (Licht.), Bp. Comp. List, p. 34 (1838). 



% Pyrrhula sinaiea, Von der Miihle, Orn. Griechenl. p. 45 (1844). 



Carpodacus crassirostris, Blyth, J. A. Soc. Beng. xvi. p. 476 (1847). 



Carpodacus payraudcei (Aud.), G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. ii. (1849). 



Bucanetes githagineus (Licht.), Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 164 (1850). 



Carpodacus githagineus (Licht.), C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 91 (1855). 



"Fringilla thebaica, Hempr. in sched. Mus. Berol.," Bolle, Nauniannia, 1858, p. 393. 



" Serinus githagineus, Gloger," Bolle, ut supra. 



" Erythrothorax githagineus, C. L. Brehm " (ubi X), Bolle, ut supra. 



Trumpeter Bullfinch, Vinous Bullfinch, English ; Trombettiere, Italian ; Trombettier, Maltese ; 

 Pispo, Gorrion Colorado, Pajaro moro, Pajaro mqjorero, in the Canaries. 



Figuras notabiles. 



Temminck, PI. Col. 400 ; Werner, Atlas, Granivores, Suppl. pis. 7, 8 ; Gould, B. of Eur. 

 pi. 208; Roux, Orn. Prov. pi. 74 bis; Bonap. Faun. Ital. pi. 35. fig. 3; Bp. & Schl. 

 Monogr. Lox. pi. 33; Shelley, B. of Egypt, pi. v.; Bree, B. of Eur. pi. to p. 81. 



d ad. pileo et capitis lateribus pallide cinereis, versus dorsum brunneo lavatis, plumis ad basin rostri roseis : 

 dorso cum scapularibus pallide brunneis vix rosaceo lavatis : uropygio et supracaudalibus fuscescenti- 

 roseis, bis sanguineo marginatis : remigibus saturate fuscis, secundariis et tectricibus alarum grisescente 

 rosaceo marginatis, remigibus omnibus extiis sanguineo marginatis : cauda, fusca, rectricibus versus 

 apicem sanguineo marginatis : corpore subtus grisescenti-rosaceo : gulae, pectoris et abdominis plumis 

 vix sanguineo apicatis : rostro rubro : iride brunnea : pedibus brunnescenti-carneis. 



2 ad. mari similis, sed sordidior et multo minus rosaceo et sanguineo colorata. 



Adult Male (Egypt, March). Crown and sides of the head delicate ashy grey, on the nape gradually 

 becoming brown ; feathers at the base of the bill rosy red ; back and scapulars soft, pale brown, faintly 

 washed with pink ; rump and upper tail-coverts brownish pink, the feathers on the latter edged with 

 carmine, quills dark brown ; secondaries and wing-coverts margined with pinkish grey, all the wing- 

 feathers having an external narrow carmine border, and some of the inner primaries and the secondaries 

 being slightly tipped with light brown ; tail dark brown, the feathers having carmine edges towards the 

 tip; underparts pinkish grey, the feathers on the throat, breast, and abdomen slightly tipped with 

 carmine; under tail-coverts pinkish buff; flanks pale buffy grey; beak bright red; iris brown; legs 

 brownish flesh. Total length about 5 inches, culmen - 4, wing 3 - 4, tail 2'15, tarsus 7. 



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