1.58 ICLASS AVES. 



Bla,ck-headed Grosbeak. (L. erythromelas. L.) Lath, 

 pi. 47. and Vieil. Gal. 59. 



Deep crimson, inclining to chestnut above, and to pink 

 beneath ; quills and tail, dusky red ; bill, black. 

 Length, nine inches. Cayenne. 



Porto-Rico Grosbeak. (Z. Portoricensis. Daud. 

 , II. 411. Pyrrhula auranticoUis.) Vieil. Gal. Ois. 



t. 55. 



Deep black : on the top of the head, a small ferugi- 

 neous crescent prolonged to sides of neck ; throat, neck, 

 and vent, same. Length, seven inches. Porto Rico.* 



From these have been long distinguished 



The BuLFiNCHES (Pyrrhula,) 



whose beak is rounded and gibbous. 



We have one. 



The JBulfinch. (Loxia Pyrrhula. Lin. J Enl. 145. 

 Vieil. Gal. 5Q. Naum. III. 



Ashy above ; red underneath, with black cap ; the 

 female has reddish gray, instead of red ; builds in 

 trees, copses, and hedges. Its natural warbhng is 



♦ And, according to others, 



Fringilla gnatho. Licht. Tarngfapsittadna. Spix. 

 Pitylus atrochalyheus. Vigors. Jard. 111. Orn. t. 5. 

 FringlUa Martinicensis. Lath. 

 Fringillarufobarbtita. Jacq. t. 11. f, 8. 

 Fiingilla jwctis. Lath. pi. Enl. t. 201. f. 1. 

 Loxia violacea. Lath, Pyrrhula superciliosa. Vieil. 



