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PYRRHULA FRONTALIS. 
sidering it identical with Pyrrhula erythrina of 
tvi i ii nlr tifllAen i]na/imn^A« 1 — TI " iL ii iL «Ti 
niinck, whose description agrees better with it than 
of any other. Yet, in addition to some differe» c V 
discoverable by comparing the crimson-necked biillfi nC { 
with his description, we cannot admit, that an art® 
bird of the old continent, known to visit even the W; 
northern portion of the temperate climates 
only dui' ll !j 
arly, sbof. 
very cold winters, and then not very regularly, si>“- i 
be found, in the month of July, on the sultry plains ^ 
the Arkausaw, and of course breeding there. , ' 
therefore conclude that our bird is not the rryth^.x 
although we regret our inability to give differci> ,, ' l f 
characters, having never seen that species, as 
endeavours to obtain a specimen have not been attefl”. j 
The southern residence of our bird n>>.- 
with success. 
lead us to suppose it the Loxia ( Pyrrhula ) violet 
not seen, neither do we think 1 
which we have 
species well established. But if we are to rely on 
tl>‘' 
short description given of it, and on Catesby’s lig" r ! 
we cannot perceive much resemblance between the' 111 .' 
their identity, however, would not much surprise 
when we consider that Catesby’s figure of the Pyrrl 
violacea is as much like our bird as his figure of j 
purple finch is like what it is intended to repres*’ 11 
Having the authority of Say, we consider it as 1 
notwithstanding these doubts. , 
The crimson-necked bullfinch was procured by L on?; ( 
party, near the Rocky Mountains, and Say describe® f 
in the journal of that expedition, under the na» e “ 
Fringilla frontalis, adopting that genus in the coWlY, 
hensive limits assigned by Uliger and Cuvier. 
specific name given by Say is preoccupied in that gfY, 
by an African species ; but, as we consider our bit 
Pyrrhula, we think proper to retain his name. , 
The crimson-necked bullfinch is five inches ai> ( , 
halt long. The bill and feet are horn colour ; the 1°'’. e 
mandible is paler; the irides are dark brown! 
head, neck beneath, and superior portion of the bre® j 
are brilliant crimson, most intense near the bill » 
over the eye ; the space between the bill and the e - 
