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in the aviary has been successfully tried. They are to be fed 

 on millet and rape seed, with which a little hemp seed may be 

 occasionally mixed, 



76. THE DOMINICAN GROSBEAK. 



Loxia Dominicana, LIN. Cardinal Dominicain, BUF. Der Dominicaner 

 Kernbeisser, BECH. 



Description. This bird, which is about the size of a Lark, 

 is a native of Brazil. The upper mandible is brown, the 

 lower light flesh coloured ; the feet ashen grey. The head, 

 throat, and upper part of the neck, are blueish, with a small 

 admixture of white ; the tail coverts and scapulars grey, 

 sparingly spotted with black. The sides of the neck, the 

 breast, belly, beak, and vent, are whitish; the pen feathers 

 black, edged with white ; the tail black. 



Observations. This bird is noticeable only for its beauty, as 

 it has no song, but occasionally utters a harsh cry. 



77. THE GRENADIER GROSBEAK. 



Loxia Orix, LIN. Le Cardinal du Cap de bonne Esperance, BUF. Der 

 Grenadier Kembeisser, BECH. 



Description. This bird is about the size of a Sparrow. 

 The beak is black ; the iris chestnut brown ; the feet dark flesh 

 colour. The forehead, sides of the head, the chin, the lower 

 extremity of the breast, and the belly, are a velvety black ; 

 the rump, vent, tail, throat, neck, and upper part of the breast, 

 a bright carmine. The back and shoulders are somewhat 

 darker than the neck ; and the feathers on the top of the neck 

 are rather larger than elsewhere, which gives this part a puffy 

 appearance. The shanks are reddish grey; the wings dark 

 brown, or blackish grey, edged with reddish white. 



There are varieties of this species ; one of which wants the 

 black chin, and has the shanks red. Another has a dark 

 brown tail, edged with greyish white. 



In the female the beak is horn colour ; the feathers of the 

 upper part of the body dark brown, edged with light grey. 

 The head is dark grey ; a whitish grey stripe passes over the 

 eyes ; and the lower part of the body is light grey. It is 

 therefore not unlike the female Sparrow ; the general colour 

 of its plumage is not so dark. 



After the second moulting in the aviary, the males present 



