. The birds of Europe . YIMOUS G-EOSSBEAK. Erythrospiza? githagmea. Pyrrlmla gitliagmea; fTemm/:) vnjrGnvMdwrvyJc arujtonvbif J~&>E- tsout/d/. TnrUal-ty0/UUn^uca^ VINOUS GROSBEAK. Erythrospiza 1 githaginea, Bouvreuil githagine. We have never been able to obtain more than a single specimen of this rare Little Grosbeak, whose nativehabitat is doubtless the northern and central portions of Africa: M. Temminck states that it is found inNubia and Syria, whence it accidentally passes into Provence and other parts of the south of Europe; it is alsosaid to visit the isla

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. The birds of Europe . YIMOUS G-EOSSBEAK. Erythrospiza? githagmea. Pyrrlmla gitliagmea; fTemm/:) vnjrGnvMdwrvyJc arujtonvbif J~&>E- tsout/d/. TnrUal-ty0/UUn^uca^ VINOUS GROSBEAK. Erythrospiza 1 githaginea, Bouvreuil githagine. We have never been able to obtain more than a single specimen of this rare Little Grosbeak, whose nativehabitat is doubtless the northern and central portions of Africa: M. Temminck states that it is found inNubia and Syria, whence it accidentally passes into Provence and other parts of the south of Europe; it is alsosaid to visit the islands of the Archipelago. In his description, and in the figure of this species, published inthe Planches Coloriees, M. Temminck has represented the bill and legs as being red; in the specimenfrom which our figure is taken those parts were light yellow, and it did not appear that this difference hadbeen the effect of time or death, as in that case there would have been faint traces of the red colour stillremaining, wh

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