LESSER RICE GROSBEAK 



PIG. 92. Cyanocompsa c. cyanoides 



(Nat. Size) 



Female. Vandyke brown; wings and tail 

 dusky. Bill same as in male. 



Immature male. Similar to female. 



Not uncommon. Noted on the edge of the 

 jungle near Corozal, also at Barro Colorado 

 Island in undergrowth of jungle. Call note a 

 metallic clink, sometimes two-syllabled. 



3. Oryzoborus funereus Sclater 

 Lesser Rice Grosbeak 



Length, 112 mm. (4.50 in.); tail, 49 mm. 

 (2.00 in.). 



Male. Black except for a spot of white on 

 wing, sometimes entirely concealed; under wing 

 coverts white. Bill bluish horn color, very large 

 and thick proportionately. 



Female. Light brown above, more olive on 

 top of head ; rump red brown ; under parts light 

 tawny cinnamon, darker across the chest. More 

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