G UR OS Beek ALK: 
Le noir-fouci, Buf. of. iv. p. 150. 
IZE, of a Sparrow: length feven inches. The bill blackith, 
fhort, ftrong, and convex; the under mandible paleft: the 
noftrils are round, placed at the bafe, and perforated: the head, 
and upper part of the neck, are blue; of the body blackifh: the 
throat, fore part of the neck, and breaft, of the colour of a Mari- 
gold: the belly, and vent, brimftone-colour: quills, and tail, 
blackifh, edged with blue: legs reddifh: the middle and outer 
toe united as far as the firft joint: the hind claw largeft ; all of 
them fharp, bent, and channelleds 
Inhabits Buenos Ayres; found there in September; frequents 
cultivated places and gardens; feen only by pairs. The male and 
female much attached to each other. Feeds both on erafs and 
feeds. 
Loxia Flavicans, Liz. Sy/.i. p. 303. N° 19.—Amen. acad. iv. p. 244. 
IZE of a Canary-bird. Bill fhort and thick, the bafe going 
far back on the forehead : head, neck, breatft, belly, and vent, 
yellow: top of the head the fame, but paler: back, wings, and 
tail, greenifh yellow; bend of the wing deep yellow: quills 
and tail margined with yellowifh: legs pale: hind claw 
ftrongeft. 
Inhabits A/a, 
T 2 Loxia 
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43. 
MARIGOLD 
GR. 
DescRipTion. 
Piacg. 
AAe 
YELLOW GR. 
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