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BULLFINCH GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia Pyrrhula.) 



L. cinerea, capite nigro, tectricibus caudce' remigiumque posticarum 



crtbis. 

 Cinereous Grosbeak, with the head black ; wing-coverts, and 



hinder part of the quills, white. 

 Loxia Pyrrhula. Lin. Sj/st. Nat. 1. 300. 4. — Lin. Faun. Suec. 



I15.—Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 84.6.— Raii. Syn. 86. A.—Briss. 3. 



308. 1. — Lath. Ind. 6m. 1. 387.56. 

 Bouvreuil. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4.3J2. X'J.—Buff. PI. Enl. 145. 

 Bullfinch. Pen. Brit. Zoot 1. ] 16. — Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 353. A. 



Alhin. 1. 5g. 60. — Levoin. Brit. Birds. 2. 70. — Bewick. Brit. 



Birds. 1. 138. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 145. 51.— Lath. Syn. Sup. 



152. — Montagu. Brit. Birds. 1. 



This well known bird has a black, short, and 

 thick beak : irides dusky : the crown of the head 

 black: upper part of the neck and back fine cine- 

 reous grey: cheeks, breast, and belly, crimson: 

 vent white : wing-coverts with a white line run- 

 ning across just above the quills, which are dusky: 

 rump white : tail black : female of a dirty brown ; 

 except the crown of the head and rump, the former 

 black, the latter white: young bird when just 

 hatched very much resembles the female, except 

 that they have no black on the head ; wdiicb, with 

 the crimson on the breast of the male, appears 

 about two months after leaving the nest. In con- 

 finement this bird, if fed on hemp-seed, will often 

 become entirely black: it is found quite white, 

 with a tinge of blossom-colour on the top and sides 

 of the head. 



