PINE BULFINCH. 



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INSESSORES. FRINQILLIDM 



C0N1R0STRES. 



PLATE CXIX. 



PINE BULFINCH. 

 Pykbhula enucleator. 



Of this family, which includes five or six European species, 

 we only number two as British ; one of which, the subject 

 of this article, is a very rare bird in this country ; the other 

 well known and tolerably common in many wooded districts. 

 The several members of this family, according to Temminck, 

 are chiefly confined to the northern part of the globe, in- 

 cluding the northern and temperate parts of Europe, Asia, 

 and America. In manners and habits they much resemble 

 other families of the finch tribe, but surpass most of them in 

 the great strength of their large and arched beaks, which 

 enable them to break shells of considerable hardness. 



The Pine Bulfinch is a native of the Arctic regions, and 

 is considered to be abundant in the northern parts of Europe, 

 Asia, and America, as far north as wooded tracts extend. 

 They inhabit in summer the northern parts of Norway and 

 Sweden, Finland, and Lapland, and the north of Russia. 

 In America they are found from Norton Sound and the 

 country of Analaschka, to the borders, of Hudson's Bay. 

 From these countries they descend in winter southward over 

 every province of North America, just below the polar circle. 

 In Europe they also spread at the same season southward, 

 occasionally visiting Russia, Poland, Pomerania, and Silesia. 



