CRIMSON-NECKED BULLFINCH. 
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fe gray, as well as the cheeks, and the small 
fibers immediately around the bill; the crimson 
®thers are brown at base, being red only at tip ; the 
1 cl Put, and the neck above and on each side, are 
'vitIT 11 ’ w 'th a reddish cast, the feathers being margined 
S(l 1 pale ; the hack is dusky brownish ; the rump and 
tli^ 6I i°r tail-coverts a re crimson, but less vivid than 
lj e ?j °t the head ; the inferior portion of the breast, the 
fL v : > and vent, are whitish, each feather having a broad 
ji, c °us line ; the general plumage is lead colour at base. 
)j/ e ."’’ n gs are blackish brown, the primaries being 
, l .^y margined within, towards the base, with 
a D and exteriorly edged with grayish ; the coverts 
■ 11 secondaries are edged with dull grayish ; the tail 
Is 
f «ath, 
1 I ica die cugcu &* ‘V ’ 
f e#( Mi s h brown, hardly emarginated; the lateral 
ers are edged, on the inner side, with whitish. 
7 Uu h is the description of our male specimen ; but 
‘ "'as procured when summer tvas far advanced, a 
to S ?' 1 * n which the plumage begins to fade, it is proper 
ftt n°i er ve, that the colouring of this bird is probably 
r ! lore brilliant in its full spring dress, the crimson 
sj ea etl dincr much farther down on the back, &c. As the 
0t . s °n advances, the tips of the feathers, which are the 
of a crimson colour, being- gradually worn 
dig . bird as gradually loses its brilliancy; and, in 
a "tumnal and winter plumage, exhibits the humble 
vjS^fance of the female. 
le female is altogether destitute of the brilliant 
0ll 0llr > being dusky brown above, the feathers margined 
s llr j. e ' lc h side with dull whitish; the whole inferior 
L, ( |. aci ' is whitish, each feather having a brown longi- 
is line in the middle, obsolete on the vent, which 
htost pure white. 
pL change similar to that above mentioned, takes 
r es e 1" the purple finch, whose habits also much 
tli ( , ?kle those of the crimson-necked bullfinch ; but 
H , '°>'m of its bill is certainly that of a finch, and will 
distinguish it from the species we are describing, 
fu bl Jl of which is unequivocally of the bullfinch form, 
different tints of red adorning these birds, will 
