TRUMPETER BULLFINCH.
adult, winter. Greyish brown, crown grey, rump, upper tail coverts, and margins of wings and tail rosy ; beneath pale grey, rosy tinged. Bill brownish yellow. Legs and feet brown.
Wing 86-88. Tarsus r8. Bill 9-10 (H.). In summer rosy colour becomes brighter. ? much less rosy beneath. Young : above rosy sandy brown, below brighter, middle of abdomen white.
Resident.—Tripoli to upper Egypt. Occurs at times in Malta ; rarer in S. Europe.
E. githaginea zedlitzii Neumayer. Larger than typical form.
Wing 4 86-92. More sandy and rosy above ; but less rosy than "amantum," and not mixed with brown.
Resident.—Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, south of Atlas.
E. githaginea amantum Hartert. Smaller than typical form ; bill larger ; darker above with deeper tinge of rose at all seasons, much mixed with brown feathers. Wing 4 (H.).
Resident.—Canary Islands (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Graciosa, Allegranza, Gran Canaria, Tenerife).