ROSY BULLFINCH. 



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ferent, being narrower and more pointed, having 

 more the character of that of the true Finches. The 

 measurements also of the two species, which I have 

 taken from Naumann, shew very important structural 

 differences. 



The Rosy Bullfinch is found in Northern Asia, 

 principally in Siberia — on the banks of the rivers Uda, 

 Selenga, etc., visiting in the winter the eastern parts 

 of the south of Europe, and occasionally it has been 

 captured in Hungary. It has also, but very rarely, 

 been seen in the north-east of Germany; and it is not 

 improbable that it is there, but has escaped observation. 

 It has also been included by Professor Blasius among 

 the list of birds captured in Heligoland. 



Very little is known of the natural history of this 

 bird. This may in a great measure arise from its 

 being very frequently mistaken for the last. Pallas 

 says, however, that it is rare even in Siberia. Nau- 

 mann senior saw it free once only, and then was not 

 acquainted with its name for several years after. 

 Temminck, in the first edition of his "Manual," con- 

 founded it with the Scarlet Bullfinch. 



The Rosy Bullfinch likes to live in bushes which 

 grow near water, and occasionally comes into gardens, 

 accompanied by the Snow Bunting. It feeds upon 

 all common seeds, according to Naumann, and on 

 the kernels of various berries. About its propagation 

 nothing is known. 



The adult male has the forehead and throat of a 

 silvery and shining white; vertex, neck, and body of 

 a very bright crimson red, with the feathers of the 

 back and scapularies black in the centre; two bands 

 of a rosy white on the wings, of which the coverts 

 are edged with dirty white; cheeks, lower part and 



