PLATE VII. 



century, has stated, that two pair of these birds made their nests and 

 laid eggs in the orange trees of a Menagery at Holderness, in York- 

 shire, but observes at the same time, the eggs were unproductive. 

 Mr. Tunstall, as a Collector, was the great rival of Sir Ash ton Lever, 

 and of authority unquestionable, and this circumstance tends to 

 shew that it might be yet possible to rear these very beautiful birds 

 in this country. Some authors have presumed upon the authority 

 of Albin, that this species extends to China. There can be very little 

 doubt that the figure in the third volume of Albin's plate, denomi- 

 nated the China Bulfinch, is intended for this bird. Albin assures 

 us that he saw the bird he figured in the possession of a curious 

 gentlemen, who told him he had received it from China. 



In the warmer parts of America, which these birds, as before 

 observed, inhabit, they occur sometimes in vast flocks ; it does not 

 appear that they are of a shy or timid disposition, yet it is said they 

 are seldom seen near habitable places, and never in any considerable 

 numbers together. 



