FRINGILLIDAE 



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white plumage, that becomes black and white in summer. The 

 Eose-Pinches {Carpodacus) of the Eastern Palaearctic, the Nearctic, 

 and the Indian Regions exhibit fine crimson or rosy tints ; the 

 Central and South American Phcucticus, and the Western North 

 American Jlesperiphona, much black and yellow ; the Cardinals 

 {Cardinalis), of North America, Venezuela, and Trinidad, bright 

 red with black forehead and throat ; Faroaria, which replaces the 

 last-named genus southwards, somewhat like colours. Guiraca of 

 most of America, except the extreme north and south, is mainly 

 blue ; Cyanospiza cyanea, ranging from the Eastern United States 

 to Panama, is even more brilliant ; while the Painted Bunting 

 (C. ciris), of similar range, shews a beautiful combination of blue, 



Fig. 144.— Snow-Bnntiug. PUdrophenax, nivalis, x J. 



red, brown, and yellowish-green. Volatinia of Central and South 

 America is black; Geospiza, Camarhynchus, and Cactornis are 

 the same, or decidedly dull ; Petronia Irachydactyla and Passer 

 simplex, of the deserts from North Africa to Persia, resemble the 

 sand in tint. The wild Canary {Serinus canarius) of Madeira, 

 the Azores, and 'the Canaries— not to be confounded with 

 the Cape Canary {S. canicollis)— is greenish above with brown 

 striations, and yellowish below. Finally, many sober-hued North 

 American genera, such as Pipilo, Peucaea, and Jumo, lead up to 

 the brown-streaked Bunting forms. 



The crimson tints exhibited by the adult male Linnet, when 

 in breeding plumage, afford a well-known instance of seasonal 

 change of colour. It. is in consequence indifferently called the 

 Bed, Brown, or Grey Linnet. 



