GROSBEAKXK, 
Loxia lineola, Lin, Sy. i. pe 304. 25, 
SIZE of a Titmoufe. Bill black, gibbous; at the bafe of 
the upper mandible a fpot of white, and a white line from 
the forehead to the crown:-the plumage on the upper parts is 
gloffy blue-black ; beneath white: the quills black ; bafe of the 
prime ones white, forming a fpot of white on the wing: tail 
black, bifurcated. 
Inhabits df. 
Le Bouvreuil d’? Hamburg, Bri/. orn. iii. p. 314. N° 2, 
Le Hambouvreux, Buf. oif. iv. p. 398- 
Hamburg Tree Creeper, /bin. iii. pl. 24. 
IZE of a Bulfinch: length five inches three quarters. Bill 
black: irides yellow: upper part of the head and neck red- 
difh brown, with a purplifh tinge: throat brown: fore part of 
the neck white, acrofs the middle of it a brown band : breatt, 
back, rump, fcapulars, and upper tail coverts, yellowifh brown, 
marked with black: belly, fides, thighs, and vent, white: on 
the wing coverts two white bands: quills yellowifh brown: tail 
dull brown, and rounded in fhape. 
This is faid to be found about Hamburg, running up and 
down the trees like a Creeper or Titmoufe, and to feed on infes. 
Loxia melanocephala, Liz. Syfteis p. 305. Ne 348 
Le Gros-becde Gambie, Brif/. or. iii. p. 230. N° 5. 
 Grofbeak from Gambia, J/din. iii. pl. 62. 
J ENGTH fix inches and a quarter. Bill cinereous : irides 
black : head, threat, and fore part of the neck, black : reft 
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