FEMALE PINE BULLFINCH. 
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inflated form of the bill, the curvature of both 
tli',, f l ' J les, very apparent in the superior one, as well as 
H^i'^inpression of both at tip, are obvious characters, 
1 distinguish the species of Pyrrhuld from the 
in which both mandibles are nearly straight, 
^present a conic form on every side. 
Kories, and seeds which they extract from the 
, '';fib buds, and young shoots of different plants, 
Irp 'hUe the food of the bullfinches. They generally 
% |Ul ‘ nt forests and bushy places, building their nests 
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trees, or low branches of large 
ones 
the 
tho l . es lil y four or live eggs. The greater number of 
Cities moult twice a year ; the sexes differ consi- 
f at ' % in appearance. They reside in cold and tempe- 
int., . . 'Hates, with the exception of a few species, that 
•hj n l Africa and South America. 
op ' u ' crimson-necked bullfinch is found in the district 
J} 0 ' 0| lQtry extending along the base of the ltocky 
obs^ains, near the Arkansaw river, and has not been 
elsewhere. In the month of July, when our 
were obtained, these birds occur in small 
er cd flocks, keeping mostly on the tops of the 
TO°d trees, on whose' buds they partially feed, 
|. V: )ice considerably resembles that of their relative. 
■ r inr/ill a purpurea. 
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Py nitmrLA exucleatou female tine bullfinch. 
‘ Plate xvi. fig. iii. — Edinburgh college museum. 
, OT female pine bullfinch is eight and a half inches 
ftifO’ an d thirteen and a half in extent ; the bill 
lo*> more than half an inch, is blackish, with the 
he^ 1 niau dible paler at base ; the feathers of the whole 
biO . n °ck, breast, and rump, orange, tipped with 
‘ash, the orange richer on the crown, where are a 
. c kish dots, the plumage at base plumbeous ; the 
Mi ( c ls cinereous, somewhat mixed with orange ; the 
loiy barker; belly and femorals, pure cinereous; 
er tail-coverts, whitish, shafted with dusky ; the 
