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GKANIVOILE. 



Family FRINGILLIDJE. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Pyrrhula. ( Brisson.) 



Generic Characters. — Beak short, conico- convex, and thick 

 at the base, the sides inflated and bulging; upper mandible 

 convex, deflected at the tip, and overhanging the lower one 

 more or less. Nostrils basal, lateral, round, and for the most 

 part concealed by bristly feathers at the base of the bilL 

 Tarsus shorter than the middle toe; toes entirely divided. 

 Wings short; the first three primaries tapering, the fourth 

 the longest in the wing. Tail of moderate length, slightly 

 rounded, or square. 



SCARLET BULLFINCH. 



Pyrrhula erythrina. 



Pyrrhula erythrina, 

 Loxia erythrina, 

 Erythrospiza erythrm a, 

 Carpodacus erythrinus, 



Pyrrhulinota rosceeolor, 



rosea et erythrina, 

 JErythrothorax rubifrons, 

 Loxia cardinalis, 

 , " obscura, ' 

 Fringilla flammea, 

 Pyrrhula Sinaica, 

 Bouvreuil Cramoisi, 

 Brand Posengimpel, 



Temminck. 



Pallas. Gmelln. 



Bonaparte. 



Gray. Kemp. Bonaparte. 



Dubois. 



Hodgson. 

 Brehm. 



BeSEKE NEC LlNN^US. 



Gmelin. $ 



Betzius. 



Muhle; Orn. Grieck 



Of the French. 



Of the Germans. 



