. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . a rosea,Carpodacus roseus,Eouvreuil-rose Pallas,Sibirischer Posengimpel, Temminck. Pallas. Or Authors. Kaup. Bonaparte. Of the French. Or the Germans. Specific Characters.—The vertex red, with silver-white spots;throat also mottled with crimson and white; rump crimson oryellowish white; two transverse bands of white across the five inches and a half, French, (Temminck,) six inchesand a half, German, (Naumann;) expanse of wings eleven inchesand a half; length of somewhat notched and forked tail twoinches and fi
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . a rosea,Carpodacus roseus,Eouvreuil-rose Pallas,Sibirischer Posengimpel, Temminck. Pallas. Or Authors. Kaup. Bonaparte. Of the French. Or the Germans. Specific Characters.—The vertex red, with silver-white spots;throat also mottled with crimson and white; rump crimson oryellowish white; two transverse bands of white across the five inches and a half, French, (Temminck,) six inchesand a half, German, (Naumann;) expanse of wings eleven inchesand a half; length of somewhat notched and forked tail twoinches and five-eighths. The wing does not reach to half thelength of the tail; the club-shaped beak five and a half lines;tarsus three-quarters of an inch; middle toe and claw sevenlines; hinder toe and claw rather over six lines; leg and toescovered with scales.—(Naumann.) The Rosy Bullfinch, is described by Naurnann asthe most beautiful of our Northern European allied to the last species, it yet differs fromit in size and ornamentation. Its beak is quite dif-. ROSY BULLFINCH. 77 ferent, being narrower and more pointed, havingmore the character of that of the true Finches. Themeasurements also of the two species, which I havetaken from Naumann, shew very important structuraldifferences. The Rosy Bullfinch is found in Northern Asia,principally in Siberia—on the banks of the rivers Uda,Selenga, etc., visiting in the winter the eastern partsof the south of Europe, and occasionally it has beencaptured in Hungary. It has also, but very rarely,been seen in the north-east of Germany; and it is notimprobable that it is there, but has escaped has also been included by Professor Blasius amongthe list of birds captured in Heligoland. Very little is known of the natural history of thisbird. This may in a great measure arise from itsbeing very frequently mistaken for the last. Pallassays, however, that it is rare even in Siberia. Nau-mann senior saw it free once only
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