SCAELET GROSBEAK. 



PYRRHULA ERYTHRINA, Pallas. 



Pyrrhula erythrina, Pallas, N. Comm. Ac. Sci. Imp. Petr. 

 xiv. p. 587 (1770); Naum. iv. p. 418; Yarr. ed. 4, ii. 

 p. 172. 



Carpodacus erythrinus, Dresser, iv. p. 75. 

 Karmin-Gimpel, German. 



Two instances only of the occurrence of this species 

 in England are on record — one near Brighton in Sep- 

 tember 1869, the other near Hampstead in October 

 1870. As this is a bird that I have never met with in 

 a wild state, I must refer my readers to our standard 

 authorities for an account of its habits and natural 

 haunts. In captivity I have found the Scarlet Grosbeak 

 a singularly dull and stupid bird, voracious, and tame 

 enough ; its note, however, is not unpleasing ; but my 

 caged specimens seldom favoured us with a vocal per- 

 formance of any sort. 



