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with grey, but the greater quills with yellow: the feathers 
round the knee are pale brown; and the legs dufky. I have ob- 
ferved in fome fpecimens, that the whole of the upper part of the 
back was yellow. 
This fpecies inhabits the coafts of Cisdnindel and is alfo fre- 
quently brought from the Cape of Good Hope. Buffon has made 
two fpecies of this bird, as quoted above; but I am clear that 
both may be comprehended under the above-defcribed. 
Gros-bec tacheté du Cap de Bonne Efperance, Buf. off, iii. p. 473-—Pl. enle 
MOvge ts. 1. 
‘HIS is brownifh above, each feather fpotted in the middle 
with black: the fides of the head, under parts of the body, 
and wing coverts, dufky white, dafhed with black: fhoulders of 
the wings, and rump, pale yellow: quills and tail black, the laft 
edged with grey : bill and legs pale. 
This is faid to be a variety of the former, or, what is more 
likely, a young bird in its firft plumage, or a female; this cir- 
cumftance being not uncommon in black birds, to be greatly 
mottled, in a variety of light fhades, before they arrive at a cer- 
tain age *. 
Le Pere noir a longue queue, Buf. oi/. iii. p. 487. 
Moineau de Royaume de Juida, PJ. en/. 183. f. Te 
Gros-bec noir, Salerz. ora. p. 278. 17. 
IZE of a Houfe Sparrow, but meafures more, as the tail is 
pretty long; the whole bird is full feven inches in length : 
the general colour of the plumage is black, with a bar of rufous 
* Inflanced in the Red-winged Oriole. See vol. i. p. 428. 
. yellow 
