THE SCARLET ROSE-FINCH. THE SERIN. 57 
Family—FRINGILLIDAE. Subfamily—FRINGILLINAE. 
THE SCARLET ROSE-FINCH. 
Carpodacus erythrinus, PALL. 
FULL account of this species will be found in my book ‘“ Foreign Finches 
A in Captivity.” I do not admit its claim to be called British, for although 
two examples have been obtained in England, one at Brighton, in 1869, and the 
other at Hampstead in the following year, it is quite possible that both may have 
escaped from some ship passing our shores, or (soon after importation) from an 
aviary.* 
This bird, sometimes called ‘‘ Scarlet Grosbeak,” is, superficially, in no respect 
like a Bullfinch; whereas in notes, form of beak, outline of body, and behaviour, 
it approaches the Serins. After its first moult in captivity the male loses all its 
rosy colouring, just as the Crossbill does. . 
Family—FRINGILLIDE. Subfamily—FRINGILLINA. 
THE SERIN. 
Sexinus hortulanus, Kocw. 
R. SHARPE gives the geographical distribution of this species as :—“‘ Central 
and Southern Europe, ranging eastwards to Asia Minor, Palestine, and 
* Mr. Howard Saunders tells me that he believes these two specimens were genuine wanderers to our 
shores, because they were both in the dull plumage of young birds, and therefore were not likely to have been 
imported. But both hens and young birds are imported, whilst cocks soon lose their distinctive colouring in 
captivity. 
