"The Bull Finch is a well known bird, locally know as the norskpipe, the coal-hood, the hoop, or the tony hoop, the alp, and the hope. Its song is much prized. It is often domesticated. It is found in many lands."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Bull Finch

"The Bull Finch is a well known bird, locally know as the norskpipe, the coal-hood, the hoop, or the…