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is white with a faint greyish sea-green tinge, very minutely (almost imperceptibly) dotted with grey, chiefly 

 at the larger end, and measures to by to inch." 



"Cabanis," says Dr. Bree, " placed this bird in a new genus, that of Rhodopec/iys, in which he was also 

 followed by the versatile Prince of Canino. It differs, however, from the Bullfinches in the size and form 

 of the beak, and belongs, I think, more strictly to the genus Coccothr amies, although here, again, the form 



of the wing is different." 



Bonaparte says of it in his ' Conspectus Avium Europearum,' p. 28 :—" This elegant Erythrospizaphami- 

 coptera, which does not differ from the Fringilla sanguinea of Gould, from the confines of Persia and Cir- 

 cassia, claims its place in the ornithology of Europe, which it can always ensure by a few movements 

 of its wings. It is essentially sedentary, only changing from plains to mountains." 



As specimens differ in their colouring, I must ask my readers to consult the accompanying drawing, 

 made from Persian examples, and representing the species of the size of life. 



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