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Le Bouvreuil bleu du Brefil, Brif. orm. iii. 321. N°6. pl. 17. f. 2. 
HIS differs in being wholly blue, except a black {pot be- 
tween the-bill and eye. 
Inhabits Brafi/. I make no doubt of its being a mere variety. 
Loxia Cyanea, Lin. Sy/.i. p. 303. N° 22.—Amen. Acad. iv. p. 244. 
Le Gros-bec bleu d’Angola, Bri. orn. app. p. 88. 19+ 
Blue Grofs-beak from Angola, Eazw. pl, 125. 
Lev. Muf. 
IZE of the laft. Bill lead-colour: irides dark hazel: ge- 
neral colour of a fine deep blue, except the quills and tail, 
which are black: legs black. 
This was brought from Li/gon, and fuppofed to inhabit Angola, 
but is full as likely to have been brought from fome of the 
Brafilian fettlements. It is certainly a mere variety of the 
ethers. The Portugueze give it the name of Azulam. 
Loxia violacea, Lin. Syf. i. p. 306. N° 43. 
Le Bouvreuil violet de Bahama, Bri/. orn. ili. p. 326. N° 9. 
ou Bec rond violet a.gorge &. fourcils rouges, Buf. oif. iv. p. 
390. ; 
Black Sparrow, Razi Sym. p..188.—Sloaz.. Fam. il. p. 311.. 
Purple Grofbeak, Care/o. Car. pl. 40.—Ar&. Zool. 
Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 
I1ZE of a Sparrow: length five inches three quarters.. Bill 
black: plumage violet black, except the irides, a ftreak 
ever the eye, the chin, and the vent, which are red: legs dufky 
grey. 
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