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GRAXIVOll.E. 
Family FRINGILLID^. (Bonaparte.) 
Genus Pyrrhula. ( Brisson.) 
KOSY BULLFINCH. 
Pyrrhula rosea. 
Pyrrhula rosea, 
Passer roseus, 
Fringilla rosea, 
Carpodacus roseus, 
Pouvreuil-rose Pallas, 
Sibirischer Rosengimpel, 
Temminck. 
Pallas. 
Of Authors. 
Kaup. Bonaparte. 
Of the French. 
Of the Germans. 
Specific Characters. — The vertex red, with silver-white spots; 
throat also mottled with crimson and white; rump crimson or 
yellowish white; two transverse bands of white across the wings. 
Length five inches and a half, French, (Temminck,) six inches 
and a half, German, (Naumann;) expanse of wings eleven inches 
and a half; length of somewhat notched and forked tail two 
inches and five-eighths. The wing does not reach to half the 
length of the tail; the club-shaped beak five and a half lines; 
tarsus three-quarters of an inch; middle toe and claw seven 
lines; hinder toe and claw rather over six lines; leg and toes 
covered with scales. — (X aX'Mann.) 
The Ivosy Bullfincli is described by Naurnann as 
the most beautiful of our Northern European birds. 
Closely allied to the last species, it yet differs from 
it in size and ornamentation. Its beak is quite dif- 
