135 GOR. O) (SB BAK. 
27. 
Var. A. 
Description. Jf fave feen a variety of this, which had the upper parts of a 
blue grey inftead of olive green, and the under parts pale 
grey inftead of yellowifh. 
FeMmAte. The female of a cinereous brown where the male was blue- 
grey, and of a much paler colour in general. 
PLAce. Thefe came from Cayenne, and are mere varieties. 
oh La Queue en Eventail, Buf. oi/. iii. p. 463.—P/. enl. 380 *. 
FAN-TAILED Fan-tailed Grofbeak, Ar4. Zool. 
GR. 
Description. GQIZE of a Sparrow: length about five inches. Bill ftout, 
and dufky: the upper parts of the body are reddifh brown, 
paleft on the rump: the under the fame, but paler, and more 
inclined to red: quills, tail, and legs, dufky. 
One of thefe birds, fuppofed the other fex, had a grey breaft 
and belly. 
PLACE. Thefe inhabit Virginia, where they are called Fan-tails; and 
continually carry the tail fpread in an horizontal direction. 
* By miftake of the draught{man, the upper bird is engraved with fourteen 
tail feathers, whereas no bird of this Genus, or even Order, has more than 
twelve. 
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