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in cages. At the time I was there I believe there was but one 
living, and this was a female. The owner had such an exalted 
notion of its value that I did not procure it, but contented my¬ 
self by making a coloured drawing of it. 
Fringilla moreleti, Pucheran. “ Tintilhao.” 
First brought from the Azores by M. Morelet in 1857, and 
named by M. Pucheran after its discoverer. It is the repre¬ 
sentative of our Chaffinch (F. ccelebs ), whose habits it much 
resembles. From the description, it must be exceedingly like 
F. tintillon of Webb and Berthelot from the Canaries, but at 
present I have not been able to get a specimen of this latter 
bird for comparison. Its nearest continental ally seems to be 
the Algerian F. spodiogena, Bonaparte, from which, however, it 
differs considerably. It is distributed throughout all the islands 
of the archipelago, and is very common. Its nest is built of 
moss, lined with wool, and is not so neatly made as that of our 
Chaffinch. It lays four or five eggs, marked with brown spots, 
like those of F. ccelebs, but rather larger. 
Pyrrhula murina, sp. nov. u Prior.” (Plate III.) 
Major; subtus murinus, uropygio cinereo, rostro pedibusque 
validissimis. 
6 . Capite toto ad nucham et mento, alis caudaque nigris, 
purpurascente tinctis, his nitentioribus; dorso et corpore 
toto subtus murinis, illo obscuriore, ventre medio vix 
aurantiaco tincto, tectricibus minoribus et fascia alari cum 
uropygio cinereis, hoc paulo dilutiore; macula alari ferru- 
ginea ut in aliis hujus generis speciebus. 
$. Mari omnio similis, sed pectore magis cinereo, et colore au¬ 
rantiaco carente. 
Long. tot. 6 # 5, alae 3*4, caudae 3, tarsi *8, dig. med. *9, ung. 
*25, poll. angl. 
Hab. Ins. Scti. Michaelis, Azorensi. 
Synon. Pyrrhula coccinea, Pucheran, ‘ I’Institut,’ No. 1310, 
Feb. 9,1859 ; Rev. Zool. 1859, p. 413 ( minime De Selys-Long- 
champs, Faun. Belg. p. 79, nee auctt. caett.). 
M. Morelet brought away but one specimen of this bird from 
the Azores, and M. Pucheran refers it to P. coccinea of De Selys- 
Longchamps*, the female of which it somewhat resembles; but it 
is entirely different in appearance from the male fe-that species,not 
* Cf. ‘ Ibis,' 1859, p. 322; 1860, p. 93; et 1861, p. 401. 
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