GREATEST BULFINCH. 
beautiful bird seems to have been great- 
I y overlooked by naturalists. It was figured 
(|)y Edwards of ihe natural size, which is 
ibout double that of the Common Bulfinch. 
I Edwards, indeed, gives us both the cock 
Imd the hen bird: the former is represented 
i n the annexed figure. 
' The shape of the bill," says Edwards, 
;* and the colour of the breast, agreeing with 
)ur Bulfinch, I suppose them both to belong ; 
9 the same genus." 
His description of the male bird, which we 
lave copied, is as follows — ■ 
He has a pretty strong bill ; the upper 
jnandible arched, and over-hanging the lower 
I little, but not so remarkably as in Parrots, is 
)f a black or dusky colour. The lower ruan- 
lible is of a reddish fiesh-colour next the 
tjiroat^ 
