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deep red :■ the quills are the fame, with blueifh tips : thighs of # 

 light yellow : tail deep red : legs and claws light yellow. 

 Pa-Ac*. Suppofed to be found in Mexico ; but Buffon wifhes this cir~ 



cumftance may be held in doubt, till further obfervation may con- 

 firm it, as he thinks, from the length of bill,- it is more likely 

 to prove a native of the old continent, as well as the three fol- 

 lowing. 



It is faid to have a very agreeable voice. 



2 5. Le Grimpereau rouge a telle noire du Mexique, Brif. era. iii. p. 653. 



Var. A. N° 2^.—£u/. oif. v. p. 524. 



Aviculade tatac«x N. Hifpania, Seb*, The/. 74. pi. 70. f. 3. 

 Colitis, Moehr, Gsn. uv. 16. p. 36. 



Descsuptsow. THIS is exadlly of the fame fize and proportions as the laft. 

 The bill is feven lines, colour not mentioned : the head is 

 of a fine black : and the upper wing coverts golden yellow : the 

 reft of the bird is of a light red, except the quills and tail, which 

 are of a deeper colour. 

 Flam. This is likewife faid to be found in Mexico; and not unlikely 



related to the laft, or a variety. The difference of the length of 

 bill, Buffon feems not to regard, fuppofing the engraver may not: 

 have been accurate,, 



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