156 CLASS AVES. 



Blue Grosbeak. Lath. Loxia ccEVulea. Gm. D'Azara. 

 Voy. III. No. 192. Catesb. 1. 39. 



Black feathers at base of bill ; rest of plumage, deep 

 blue ; quills and tail, brown, with green mixed . Georgia, 

 Cayenne, &c. 



Cardinal Grosbeak. Lath. Loona cardinalis. Gm. 

 PI. Enl. 37. 



Head, greatly crested, red, and body above, same ; 

 beneath, chestnut. North America. 



Gray-necked Grosbeak. Lath. Lowia Melanura. 

 Gm. Saun. Voy. Ind. II. 199. 



Head, black ; neck gray, before ; belly, pale rufous ; 

 tail, black. China. 



Common Grosbeak. Haw Chrosheak. Lath. (LoMa 

 Coccothraustes. Lin.) Enl. 99- and 100. Naum. 

 104, 



Is one of those which best deserve this name. Its 

 enormous bill is yellowish. The back and cap are 

 brown, the rest of the plumage grayish ; the throat 

 and wing-quills black ; a white band on the wing. It 

 lives in the mountain woods ; nestles in beech-trees 

 and fruit-trees, and eats all kinds of fruit and almonds. 

 Europe. 



Loxia Ostrina. Vieil. Ois. Chant. 48. gal. 60. 



Head, throat, neck, breast, thighs, and tail, poppy 

 red ; rest of plumage, bill, and feet, black ; bill higher 

 at base than at the forehead. India and Africa. 



