154 CLASS AVES. 



Loceia Atricapilla. Vieil. Ois. Chant. 53. 



Black capote on the head ; hinder parts above, black ; 

 belly, moronne. India. 



Black Grosbeak. Lath. Loxia nigra. Gm. Catesb. 

 1. 68. Vieil. Gal. 57- 



Bill and plumage, black ; a little white on the fore- 

 part of wing, and base of two first quills. Mexico. 



Brazilian Grosbeak. Lath. Loocia Braziliana. Ind. 

 Orn. PL Enl. 309. 1. 



Bill, flesh-coloured ; head and chin, red ; back and 

 wing-coverts, brown ; quills and tail black ; breast, 

 belly, and sides, reddish white ; middle of belly, red. 

 Brazil. 



Red-breasted Grosbeak. Lath. Loxia Ludoviciana. 

 Gm. PI. Enl. 153. 2. and Vieil. Gal. 58. 



Head, upper part of the body, wings, and tail, black : 

 breast and under coverts, rose; belly, thighs, and 

 vent, white. North America. 



We have, besides the common grosbeak, two spe- 

 cies in Europe, with bills less gross. 



Ring Finch, Lath. (Fringilla Petronia. Lin.) 

 Enl 225. Naum. 116. 3. 4. 



It has been usual to join this to the sparrows, with 

 which it assimilates in colour j but, independently of 

 the gross bill, it is easily distinguished from them by 

 a whitish line round the head, and a yellowish spot on 

 the breast. It is as evidently a grosbeak as the fol- 

 lowing. 



