Identifier: birdsofbritain00bonh (find matches)
Title: Birds of Britain
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Bonhote, J. Lewis (John Lewis), 1875-1922 Dresser, Henry Eeles, 1838-1915
Subjects: Birds -- Great Britain
Publisher: London, A. and C. Black
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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spicuous bar. Primaries brown;secondaries and tail glossy black; rump white. The wholeof the under parts bright brick-red turning to white on thevent. The female is duller and the under parts are of auniform brown. The young resemble the hen but lack theblack crown. Length 6 in.; wing 3*25 in. This species is generally distributed throughout thewooded districts of England, Wales, and Ireland, but is rathermore local in Scotland. THE SCARLET GROSBEAK Pyrrhula erythina (Pallas) The Scarlet Grosbeak breeds from Northern Eussiaacross Siberia to Kamchatka, and in winter it is chieflyfound in the Oriental region. As a straggler on migration,however, it has visited many places in Europe to the westof Eussia, and one or two examples have been obtained inthis country. The adult male has the greater part of its plumage rosered, browner on the mantle and flanks. Quills and taildark brown with paler huffish margins. The female is olive 136 BULLFINCH Pvrrhiila eiiropcea Male (right). Female (left)
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The Scarlet Grosbeak brown with darker striations, the under parts dull white,huffish on the throat and breast, and striped with brown onthe flanks. Length 5*5 in.; wing 3*25 in. THE PINE GROSBEAK Pyrrhula enucleator (Linnaeus) This species, as its name indicates, is an inhabitant ofpine woods and makes its home in the vast conifer forestsof Northern Europe and Siberia. Over the rest of Europeit is very scarce and is only known from occasionalstragglers. In this country about forty different occurrenceshave been recorded, but it is probable that a large numberof them had escaped from captivity. The general colour of the male is a rich rose red all over,rather greyer on the flanks and belly. Wing covertsbrown, each feather having a pinkish white tip. Quills andtail brown, secondaries margined with white. In the femalethe rose tint is replaced by a dull golden yellow. Theyoung are greyish green and do not assume their fullplumage before their second year. Length 8*25 in.;wing 4-25 in. T

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