. Birds of the British Isles. Birds -- Great Britain; Birds -- Ireland. i8 BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. Scarlet IRose ^ The Scarlet Rose Finch {^Carpodacus erythrimis^ Linnseus) is an extremely rare visitor to the British Islands. It in- habits the Palearctic Region, and is found westward in Europe to Finland and Poland. In Western Europe it is a mere straggler. The adult male has the back brown, washed with rose; wings and rectrices, pale brown, mar- gined faintly with crimson; rump, crimson; under parts below breast, white, shading into creamy white on under tail-coverts; crown of head,
. Birds of the British Isles. Birds -- Great Britain; Birds -- Ireland. i8 BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. Scarlet IRose ^ The Scarlet Rose Finch {^Carpodacus erythrimis^ Linnseus) is an extremely rare visitor to the British Islands. It in- habits the Palearctic Region, and is found westward in Europe to Finland and Poland. In Western Europe it is a mere straggler. The adult male has the back brown, washed with rose; wings and rectrices, pale brown, mar- gined faintly with crimson; rump, crimson; under parts below breast, white, shading into creamy white on under tail-coverts; crown of head, chin, throat, and breast, crimson, the crown being the darkest; irides, legs, and feet, brown; bill, brown tinged with yellow. Length, about five inches. The adult female is, above, mostly olive-brown; wings and rectrices, dark brown; innermost secondaries margined with whitish, and coverts tipped with whitish; fore-neck and breast, huffish, with streaks of dusky; belly, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duncan, John, of Newcastle upon Tyne. London : W. Scott
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