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GROSBEAK. 



Class II. 



XVlir. BILL ftrong, thick, convex above and below. 

 GROSBEAK j^^Q5yj^jLS fmall and round. 



TONGUE as if cut off at the end. 



113. Haw. Le Grofbec ou Pinrtn royaJ. 



Be Ion ci'v, 373. 

 Coccothriiuftes ( fteinbeilTer ) 



Gefner a-v. 276. 

 JUr. a^v. II. 289. 

 Frofone. Olina 37. 

 Grofbeak, or Hawfinch. WiL 



orn. 244. 

 Raiijyn. a-v. 85. 

 Charhon ex. 9 1 . 

 Dlefchk. Scopolif No. 201. 

 ^i/w. fl'T?. 188. The male. 



Le Grofbec. Brijfon av. III. 



219. 

 PL enl. 99, 100. 

 Loxia coccothrauftes. Lin.fyfl, 



299. 

 Stenkneck. Faun. Suec.fp. 222. 

 Kernbeis, NufbeifTer. Kram. 



365- 

 Kirfchfinch (Cherry-finch). 



Fri/ch, I. 4. 

 Brunnich. in append. 

 Br. Zool. 105. plate U. F. i. 



D f s C R 1 p . 



THE birds we defcribe were fhot in Shropfljire : 

 they vifit us only at uncertain times, and are 

 not regularly migrant. They feed on berries ; 

 and even on the kernels of the flrongefl ftones, 

 fuch as thofe of cherries and almonds, which they 

 crack with the greateft facility : their bills are well 

 adapted to that work, being remarkably thick and 

 ftrong. Mr. Williighhy tells us, they are common 

 in Germany and Italy -, that in the fummer they live 

 in woods, and breed in hollow trees, laying five 

 or fix eggs ; but in the winter they come down in- 

 to the plains. 



This fpecies weighs near two ounces : its length 

 is feven inches ; the breadth thirteen : the bill is of 



2 fun- 



