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ROSY BULLFIXCn. 
sides of neck, and cliest, crimson red; belly and under 
tail coverts rosy white; primaries and tail quills brown, 
edged with rose on the outside; beak and feet clear 
brown. 
In the young before the first moult the entire plu- 
mage is of a reddish grey, longitudinally spotted with 
brown; Avith two bands of reddish yellow on the wing, 
and the rump yellowish. After the fii’st moult a little 
Avhite appears on the forehead, and the red becomes 
more brilliant Avhile the spots disappear: thus the 
specimen described by Pallas as having Avhite only on 
the forehead, and Avith its plumage broAvner, must 
haA’e been a young bird after moulting. — (P'emminck.) 
The folloAving is from Naumann’s account of this 
bird, Avhich I insert to make my description as complete 
as possible. I quote from the above accurate obserA'cr’s 
beautiful Avork on the ‘‘Birds of Gennany,’^’ a AAmrk, 
Avhich I may take this opportunity of saying, is, in 
my oj)inion, both for full and elaborate description, 
and for the beauty and natural expression of its illus- 
trations, perhaps unrivalled in ornithological literature. 
— “The size is that of a Mountain Finch, and larger 
than the Common Linnet, but in contour it someAvhat 
resembles them both. The beak is reddish grey, the 
root of the superior mandible being yelloAvish; the 
round nostrils are ornamented Avith stiff small feathers, 
and the iris is rust broAvn. The broAvnish yelloAV feet 
are tolerably strong and robust; the claAvs, not very 
large, but sharp, are dark broAvn at the tip, but have 
othei’Avise the colour of the feet. 
“The old male has tAvo distinct characters of plu- 
mage, — brown, and a splendid carmine red; and the 
last, with Avhich the Avhole bird seems to be suffused, 
makes it one of the most beautiful of northern birds. 
