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soft. It is easily tamed, and learns both to sing and 

 speak. 



A variety is known one third larger than the com- 

 mon race. 



Lineated Grosbeak. (L. lineola.) Enl. 319. !• 



Glossy blue-black, above ; beneath, white ; quills 

 black ; base of primaries, white ; base of beak, a 

 white spot ; white streak from forehead to crown. 

 Size of Titmouse. Asia. 



Minute Grosbeak. (L. minuta. L.J Enl. 2. 



Gray-brown above ; beneath, and rump, chestnut ; 

 quills, white at base. Size of a wren. Surinam. 



Nun Grosbeak. (L. collaria. L.) Enl. 393. 3. 



Top of head, and body above, greenish-blue ; rump, 

 and under part, rufous white ; wings, rufous yellow 

 and black, mixed. India. 



Siberian Gi'osbeak. {L. Sibirica. L.) Falk. Voy. 

 iij, t. 28. 



Head and back, deep vermilion, marked with brown ; 

 tips of feathers on the head, white; wing-coverts 

 white, with black tips. Siberia. 



Pyrrhula cinereola. Tern. pi. col. II. 1, 



Head, cheeks, back, and scapulars, bluish-ash ; wings 

 . 'atnd tail, more blackish; underneath, white; thighs, 

 ashy. Brazil. 



Pyrrhula falcirostris. Temm. pi. col. 11. 2. 



Above, ashen-brown ; gray, tinted with clear rose- 

 colour, beneath ; bill, red. Egypt and Nubia. 



