82 BIRDS. PASSERES. Pyrrhula. 
jobber, Woodcracker ; W, Delor-ye-enau. — In wooded situations in 
the south of England, 
Length 6 inches ; weight 6 drams. Bill dusky, lower mandible white at 
the base. Legs grey, claws hooked, Irides brown. Plumage above, blackish- 
grey ; below, buff-orange. Quills dusky. Tail short, of twelve flexible fea- 
thers ; the two middle grey ; the four outer black, with a white bar ; the tip 
ash-grey. Female less; the band over the eye indistinct. — Nest in the holes 
of trees, the opening formed with clay, and the cavity lined with dead leaves. 
Eggs 5 or 6, greyish-white, spotted with reddish-brown. The female sits 
close, and refuses to leave the nest upon being disturbed. — This bird runs 
upwards and downwards on the trunks of trees without difficulty, 
Sibbald seems to consider this species, probably erroneously, as an inhabitant 
of Scotland. In England it is chiefly confined to the southern parts, though 
Mr Selby has succeeded in tracing it as far north as to the banks of the Wear 
and Tyne. 
Gen. XLIII. PYRRHULA. Bullfinch. — Bill short, thick, 
hooked, with inflated sides, the ridge advancing on the 
forehead. Middle-toe longer than the tarsus. 
97. P. vulgaris. Common Bullfinch.— Crown, base of the 
bill, throat, wings, and tail black. 
Bubicilla, sive Pyrrhula, Will Orn. 180. Sihh. Scot. 18 — Loxia Pyrrhula, 
Linn, Syst. i. 300. Penn. Brit Zool. i. 322. — Pyrrh. vuL, Temm. Orn. i. 
338. — E, Bed-hoop, Tomy-hoop; 5', Alp, Nobe; TV, Y Chwybanydd, 
Bhawn-goch ; G, Corcan-coille. — In wooded districts, common. 
Length about 6 inches. BiU and feet black. Irides brown. Nape of the 
neck and back grey ; cheeks, neck, breast, belly and flanks bright tile-red ; 
rump and vent white. Quill-covers tipped and edged with pink-Avhite. Fe-. 
male bluish-grey above, brocoli-brown below ; in other parts like the male, 
but with colours less distinct, — Pairs in April. Nest in hedges, of dry twigs, 
lined with fibrous roots. Eggs 5, bluish-white, spotted with pale orange- 
brown, Young birds like the female, but destitute of the black on the head. 
— Feeds on seeds, and buds of trees. 
Gen. XLIV. COCCOTHRAUSTES. Grosbeak.— Bill 
large, conical, blunt, inflated ; the ridge rounded ; the edge 
of the lower mandible inflected. 
98. C. vulgaris. Common Grosbeak. — Cheeks, head, and 
rump brown ; front, lores and throat black. 
TVill. Orn. 178 — Loxia Coc., Linn. Syst. i. 299. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 316. 
— Fringilla Coc., Temm. Orn. i. 344 — E, Cherry-finch ; TV, Gylfin- 
braff. — A winter visitant of the south of England. 
Length 6, breadth 12 inches; weight 2 ounces. Bill pinkish-white. Legs 
pale brown. Irides ash-grey. Collar, round the nape of the neck, bluish- 
grey. Beak and smaller wing-covers reddish-brown ; the greater coverts 
tipped wdth white. Quills black ; from the fourth to the fifteenth with a 
white oblong spot on the inner web ; truncated at their ends. Tail black ; 
the four middle feathers half Avhite from the point, the rest with only the in- 
ner Avebs white. Colours of the female obscure. — Nest on trees. Eggs 5, 
