GROS BE A XK, 
the appearance of thefe among the green reeds has a wonder- 
ful effect; for, from the brightnefs of their colours, they appear 
like fo many /carlet lilies. 
Le Rouge noir, Buf. off. iii. p. 461. 
Gros-bec de Cayenne, PI. exl. 309. 2+ 
HIS feems to be a trifle larger; but otherwife differs but 
very little: the colours are the fame, and diftributed in the 
fame manner; but has the tail of the fame colour as the 
wings, and the knees not differing in colour: however, I think 
the two laft to be the fame birds, efpecially as I have one in my 
poffeffion, and have feen many, from the Cape of Good Hope, with 
the tail as defcribed in this bird, 
Loxia Mexicana, Lin. Sy. i. p. 300. N° 7. 
Le Gros-bec du Mexique, Br7/. orn. ili. p. 256. N° 18. 
Avis Mexicana, grandis, rubra ; Pafferis fpecies, Seba, i. p. 101. pl. 65. 
f. 1. : 
OMEWHAT larger than the Hawyinch: length fix inches 
and three quarters. The whole body covered with feathers 
of a blood-red colour: upper tail coverts blackifh, with a mix- 
ture of red: quills and tail blackifh: the wings reach the middle 
of the tail. 
Inhabits Mexico, 
any weather. Moft plenty about Mo/bel Bank. He adds, that the bird is fcar- 
let only in fummer, being in the winter wholly afh-coloured. Hit. Cap. 
vol. li. Pp. 153. 
Vou. Il. R Le 
12t 
16. 
Var. A. 
DeEscRIPTION. 
17. 
MEXICAN GR, 
DeEscRIPTION. 
PLACEe 
