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BULLFINCH. 



solitarius of Willughby, Orn. 140, and the Solitary Thrush of Montagu." 1 

 It is most evident from this that he had not examined Willughby's de- 

 scription. Wilson describes an American bird under the name of the 

 Hermit or Solitary Thrush ( Turdus solitarius) which has little if any 

 resemblance to the preceding. The dull cream-colour of the throat 

 marked with large dark-brown pointed spots in the American bird, ac- 

 cords not at all with the pale yellowish-brown, mottled with a darker 

 shade, of the bird described by Montagu. 2 



It appears to me that so far as relates to the British bird, the sub- 

 ject requires farther investigation, and might soon be set at rest by 

 rearing individual birds. 



Syme is of opinion that it is a distinct species, from its appearing in 

 mature adult feather, while its plumage is lighter and more of a brown 

 colour than that of the young starling, which he describes as of a dull 

 dingy black, with loose, immature, bunchy plumage. Above all, the 

 song of the brown thrush is said to be very superior in richness, mel- 

 lowness and compass, to any of the thrushes, resembling, but much ex- 

 celling, the notes of the throstle. 



It is not improbable, however, that the latter circumstances have 

 been taken from a ring-ouzel (Merulus torquatus). j I am at least very 

 doubtful of any European species excelling the song thrush, though 

 Wilson, who was a good judge, thinks several of the American ones 

 far superior.* 



BROWN TERN. — A name for the Tern (Sterna hirundo) in its 

 immature plumage. 



BULBUS GLANDULOSUS.— *A zone of glands encircling the 

 upper entrance of the stomach, or rather the lower end of the gullet, 

 and serving to secrete the gastric or digestive fluid.* 



BULLFINCH (Pyrrhula vulgaris^ Temminck.) 



*Pyrrhula vulgaris, Temm. Man. d'Orn. 1. p. 338 Loxia pyrrhula, Linn. Syst. 1. 



p. 300. 4 — Fauna Suec. No. 225 Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 846. sp. 4 Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 1. p. 387. sp. 56.— Raii, Syn. p. 86. A Will. p. 130. t. 43 Le 



Bouvreuil, Buff. Ois. 4. p. 372. t. 17 lb. pi. Enl. 245. M. & F. — Le Bruant 



ecarlate, Sonn. nov. edit, de Buff. Ois, 13. p. 114 Bouvreuil commun, Temm. 



Man. d'Orn. 1. p. 338 Rothburstiger Girnpel, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 3. p. 55. 



—Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 1. p. 147 Bullfinch, Br. Zool. 1. No. 116 



Arct. Zool. 2. No. 353. A Albin, 1. t. 59, 60.— Lath. Syn. 2. p. 143. 51 



lb. Supp Lewin's Br. Birds, 2. t. 70 Mont. Orn. Diet. 1 Have's Br. Birds, 



t. 37 — Wale. Syn. t. 209.— Pult. Cat. Dorset, p. 11 Bewick's Br. Birds, l.t. 



p. 138.— Shaw's Zool. 9. p. 318. t. 52 Selby, pi. 54. fig. 1. 2. p. 258. 



Br. Anim. p. 86. 2 Architecture of Birds, p. 206. 



