Bull Finch
a well known bird, the pyrrhula vulgaris, locally known as the norsk-pipe, the coal-hood, the hoop, or the tony hoop, the alp, and the hope.
In the male the head, the part surrounding the bill, the throat, and the tail are lustrous black; the nape, the back and the shoulders bluish gray; the cheeks, neck, breast, the fore part of the belly and the flanks red: the rump and the vent white. A pinkish white bar runs transversely across the wing. Its length is about 64 inches. The female is less brightly colored. It feeds on pine, fir, and other seeds, on grain, on berries , on buds, etc. Its nest is usually of moss , the eggs, generally four, bluish white, speckled and streaked with purplish or pale orange brown at the thicker end. Its song is much prized. It is often domesticated. It is found in many lands.