GROSBEAK. 215 



7.— SIBERIAN GROSBEAK. 



Loxia Sibirica, Ind. Om. i. 378. Gm. Lin. i. 849. Pall. It. ii. 711. Falck. It. iii. t. 



28. Lepech. It. i. 182. Baud. ii. 382. Shaw's Zool. ix. p. 246. 

 Fringilla longicauda, Tern. Man. d'Orn. 202. Id. Ed. ii. 340. (Pyrrhula). 

 Siberian Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. iii. 124. 



SIZE of a Linnet, but fuller of feathers. Bill a trifle longer 

 than in the Bulfinch, round the base of the feathers deep purple ; 

 the head and back deep vermilion, in some rose-colour, marked with 

 brown as in the Linnet ; the under parts paler, and not spotted ; the 

 feathers about the head have the tips a polished white, appearing 

 very vivid in some lights ; base of the wings white ; coverts the same, 

 with black tips, forming a double oblique bar ; quills edged with 

 white ; tail longer than the body, nearly even, the outer feathers 

 white, the others black, with pale margins; legs brown. 



The female, and young birds, are the colour of a Linnet, with a 

 tinge of red on the belly and rump. 



This is a most beautiful species, inhabiting the bushy shrubs 

 about the rivers, and torrents of the southern mountains of Siberia, 

 especially the Lake Baikal ; feeds chiefly on the seeds of mugworts :* 

 is a restless bird ; in winter unites into small flocks, and prefers the 

 warmer situations among the shrubs ; and the note is hoarse, and 

 unpleasant. 



8— GREEN GROSBEAK. 



Loxia Chloris, Ind. Orn. i. 382. Lin. i. 304. Gm. Lin. i. 854. Faun. Suec. No. 226. 



Scop. Ann. i. No. 208. Raii, 85. A. 4. Will. 129- t. 44. Klein, 95. Id. Stem. 



t. 19. f. 14. a. b. Frisch, t. 2: Brun. No. 242, 243. Muller, No. 248. Kram. 



367. Faun. Arag. p. 86. Roman. Orn. p. 112. t. 17. 1. Sepp, Vog. t. p. 73. 



Borowsk. iii. 135. Gerini, iii. t. 331. Daud.u. 424. Shaw's Zool. ix. 310. pi. 50. 

 Chloris, Bris. iii. 190. Id. 8vo. i. 359. 



* Artemisia cwrulescens, integrifolia, Sfc. 



