FlUNGILLINTE. 129 



This is probably the southern limit of its breeding-range^ which ex- 

 tends to Kamtschatka and Eastern Siberia. It winters in Northern 

 China, as well as Japan. It sometimes appears in winter in Central 

 Hondo in great numbers (Jouy, Proc. United States Nat. Mus. 1883, 

 p. 296). 



107. PYRRHULA GRISEIVENTRIS. 

 (ORIENTAL BULFINCH.) 



Pyrrhula griseiventris, Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool. 1841, p. 240. 



The Oriental Bulfinch differs from the Common Bulfinch in having 

 the breast, belly, and flanks grey (sometimes slightly suffused with 

 red) instead of bright brick-red. 



Figures : Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, pi. 53, 

 sub nomine Pyrrhula orientalis. 



The Oriental Bulfinch is a resident in Japan. I have two ex- 

 amples collected by Wossnesenski on the Kurile Islands in July, and 

 there are two others in the British Museum from the same locality. 

 These are so much paler than Japanese examples that they have been 

 separated (Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xii. p. 450, pi. xi.) as Pyr- 

 rhula griseiventris kurilensis. The typical form appears to be found 

 both in Yezzo and near Yokohama, but in both localities together with 

 others, in which the underparts are much suffused with rosy and 

 the upper parts slightly so. If the latter be subspecifically distinct, 

 they may be called P. griseiventris rosacea, Mr. Whitely, who got 

 both forms near Hakodadi in March, says (Ibis, 1867, p. 203) that 

 this species was very abundant, but disappeared before summer. 



The range of this species is very restricted. The typical form has 

 been found on the Island of Askold opposite Vladivostok, once or 

 twice near Pekin, and once in the upper valley of the Ussuri, and 

 the Roseate form on an island in the Bay of Okhotsk (Seebohm, 

 Ibis, 1887, p. 101). It is quite possible that the roseate tint may 

 be the result of eating some particular food, the Bulfinches being 

 apparently specially sensitive to the influence of certain seeds. 



There are eight males in the Pryer collection of the typical colour 

 from Yokohama, and four of the roseate form, besides six females. 

 There is one male in the Svrinhoe collection, from Hakodadi, of the 

 roseate form, besides three females. There are two males in the 

 British Museum of the typical colour from Yokohama, but none of 



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