EOSY BULLFINCH. 
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ferent, being narrower and more pointed, liaving 
more the clraracter of that of the true Finches. The 
measurements also of the two species, which I have 
taken from Naumann, shew very important structural 
differences. 
The Rosy Bullfinch is found in Northern Asia, 
principally in Siberia — on the banks of the rivers Uda, 
Selenga, etc., visiting in the winter the eastern parts 
of the south of Europe, and occasionally it has been 
captured in Hungary. It has also, hut very rarely, 
been seen in the north-east of Germany; and it is not 
improbable that it is there, but has escaped observation. 
It has also been included by Professor Blasius among 
the list of birds captured in Heligoland. 
Very little is known of the natural history of this 
bird. This may in a great measure arise from its 
being very frequently mistaken for the last. Pallas 
says, however, that it is rare even in Siberia. Nau- 
mann senior saw it free once only, and then was not 
acquainted with its name for several years after. 
Temminck, in the first edition of his “Manual,” con- 
founded it with the Scarlet Bullfinch. 
The Rosy Bullfinch likes to live in bushes which 
grow near water, and occasionally comes into gardens, 
accompanied by the Snow Bunting. It feeds upon 
all common seeds, according to Naumann, and on 
the kernels of various berries. About its propagation 
nothing is known. 
The adult male has the forehead and throat of a 
silvery and shining white; vertex, neck, and body of 
a very bright crimson red, with the feathers of the 
back and scapularies black in the centre; two bands 
of a rosy white on the wings, of which the coverts 
are edged with dirty white; cheeks, lo-wer part and 
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