PINCHES AND BUNTIKaS 
Only three of the very large number of species (about six 
hundred) included in this family are found in the Malay Penin- 
sula and of these one is confined to the high mountains and 
another is only met with in the north of the Peninsula and then 
only in the winter. 
The finches and buotitigfs are typically small seed-eating 
birds with a short strong bilL 
