BRITISH BIRDS. 
BULLFINCH, 
ALP OR NOPE. 
(. Loxia Pyrrhula , Li n.-—Le Bouvreuil , Buff.) 
The bill is dufky ; eyes black ; the upper part 
of the head, the ring round the bill, and the origin 
of the neck, are of a fine gloffy black the back 
afh colour ; the breaft and belly red ; wings and 
tail black; the upper tail coverts and vent are 
white ; legs dark brown. The female is very fi- 
xnilar, but the colours in general are lefs bright, 
and the under parts of a reddifh brown.f 
# Hence in fome countries it is called Monk or Pops, and in 
Scotland it is not improperly denominated Coally hood . 
f The Bullfinch fometimes changes its plumage, and becomes 
wholly black during its confinement, efpecially when fed with 
hemp feed. In the Leverian Mufeura there is a variety of the 
Bullfinch entirely white. 
