Identifier: birdsEuropeIIIGoul (find matches)
Title: The birds of Europe
Year: 1837 (1830s)
Authors: Gould, John, 1804-1881
Subjects: Pictorial works Birds
Publisher: London, Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor, pub. by the author
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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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, which there were not. In all probability this bird will require to be separated from the group inwhich we have placed it; but we have deferred assigning to it new generic characters until further acquaintedwith the species. The female is said to differ from the male in the absence of the rich rosy tints which adorn the latter, and inbeing of a uniform light brown very slightly clouded with a rosy hue; and in the under surface and wingsbeing clear Isabella brown. The male has all the under surface light brown, clouded with clear rose, which is palest on the throat andround the base of the bill; crown of the head ash, becoming brown on the nape of the neck ; back, wing-coverts, rump, and the external edge of the wing and tail-feathers slightly tinged with rose colour. We have figured a male of the natural size. w%»%
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BITJL1LFWCELPyrrtula vulgaris; lAfyfovre/& em/Sfon&iy JJ>Z?.(t\ Genus PYRRHULA. Gen. Char. Bill very short, and thick at the base; both mandibles convex, particularly theupper one, the point of which overhangs the point of the lower; culmen rather com-pressed and advancing upon the forehead. Nostrils basal, lateral, round, concealed byshort feathers. Wings rather short, the fourth quill-feather the longest. BULLFINCH. Pyrrhula vulgaris, Temm.Le Bouvreuil commun. This handsome bird is the only one of the genus Pyrrhula, as restricted by modern naturalists, which hasbeen hitherto discovered in Europe, that is to say, provided we consider the Bullfinch found in Germany andsome other parts of the Continent (which in relative admeasurements is nearly a fourth longer,) as a varietymerely, and not truly a distinct species. In our examination of this bird, had we been able to detect anydifference of markings, or to ascertain that any dissimilarity existed in their habits and manner

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