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Coj-omandel and the Cape ; is found chiefly in thickets near 

 rivci-s ; eggs cinereous, fpotted with black. 



Nigra J Black grofbeak. Le houvreml nolr du Mexique, 

 Briflbn and Buffon. Liatlf hlnct hulljinch, Catefby, Albin. 

 &c. This fpecies is of the fize of a bullfinch ; the bill 

 is blnck, itout, and deeply notched in the middle of the 

 upper mandible ; plumage black, except a little white on 

 the fore -part of the wing, and b:\fe of the two firll quills ; 

 legs black. Inhabits Mexico. 



CuAssiuoSTKis ; Thick-billed grofbeak. Black ; bafe 

 of the quill-feathers, and middle tail-tcathers in the middle 

 white ; legs whitifli ; the bill is thick and yellovvilh. 



Rkgull'.s ; .Crimfon-crefted grolbeak. Bill very thick 

 and (Irong. There was a fine fpecimen of this bird in the 

 Leverian mufseum. 



Americana ; Black-brealled grofbeak. Black ; be- 

 neath white ; peftoral band black; wings with a ^double 

 white band ; tail rounded; legs brown. It inhabits Ame- 

 rica. 



CyT.RULEA ; B'ue grofbeak. Le houvreuU bleu de la 

 Caroline, Briffon. This fpecies is the lize of the bullfinch : 

 bill half an inch, llout, and bro%vn ; the bafe of it furrounded 

 with black feathers, which reach on each fide as far as the 

 eye ; the whole plumasre befides is of a deep blue, except 

 the quills and tail, which are brown with a mixture ot green, 

 and acrofs the wing-coverts a baud of red ; the legs are 

 dufky. The female is brown with a little mixture of 

 blue. 



" I fufoeft," fays Latham, " this to be Bancroft's bird, 

 which he fays is (l^y-btue, with the outer edges of the quills 

 and tail crimfon ; and the more fo, as I have lately met with 

 one from Cayenne, which had tlie chin, as well as round 

 the bill, black, and both the flioulders, fome of the wing- 

 coverts, and the edges of the fecondaries, marked with 

 reddifh." 



Uri.x; Grenadier grofbeak. Grey; bill, front, and belly 

 black ; neck and rump tawny ; fometimes the wings are 

 white, and the tail is brown. It is the fize of a fparrow ; 

 inhabits Africa, and is found chiefly in marfhy grounds and 

 among the reeds. The neft is formed with fmail twigs, fo 

 clofely interwoven with cotton, as not to be penetrated in 

 any weather. It is divided into two compartments, of which 

 the upper is for the male, and the lower for the female and 

 the young. 



Flaminoo. White ; head, neck and breaft, and belly 

 rofy. Inhabits Upfal ; refembles the bullfinch; bdl and 

 legs reddifh ; feathers of the frontlet blackifh at the tips ; 

 third and fourth quill-feathers and fpot on the rump 

 black; tranfverfe line on the wings and upper furface of the 

 tailfooty. 



ViOLACEA ; Purple grofbeak. Le bou-vreiul violet de 

 Bahama, BrifTon. Black fparro'w, Raii Syn. This is the 

 fize of the fparrow ; bill is black ; plumage violet black, 

 except the irides, a ftreak over the eye, the chin, and the 

 ▼ent, which are red ; legs dulky grey. Where the male is 

 black, the female is brown, and the red is not fo bright ; it 

 inhabits the Bahama iflands, Jamaica, and the warmer parts 

 of America 



Gross.\ ; White-throated grofbeak. Blueilh hoary ; 

 throat and tail-feathers blackifh ; chin white ; bill red. In- 

 habits America. 



MiNrM.\ ; Dwarf grofbeak. Brown ; beneath teflace- 

 ous ; primary quill-feathers at the bafe and fecondaries on tlie 

 hind-part white. This fpecies is very fmall ; it inhabits 

 Surinam. 



FuscA ; Brown grofbeak. Le petit bouvreull nolr d /IjVique, 

 BrifTon. Size of a canary bird ; bill fliort and thick, 



and of a lead colour ; the head and upper parts of the 

 body brown ; the under of a pale afli-colour ; vent pure 

 white ; the quills dulky black ; the bafe of eight of the middle 

 quills white ; tail the colour of the quills, with palifli ends; 

 legs pale. It is an inliabitant of Africa, and is met with al 

 Bengal. 



GuTT.VTA. Brown ; breafl; black ; bill and rump red ; 

 fides of the body black fpotted with white. It inhabits NcVv' 

 Holland. 



Septentrioxalis; Northern grolbeak. Black; wings 

 with a white fpot. Inhabits Scandinavia ; refembles the 

 bullfinch. 



MiN'tJTA ; Minute grofbeak. Grey ; rump and belly 

 beneath ferruginous ; fome quill-feathers on each fide white 

 at the bafe ; tail entire. It inhabits Surinam and Cayenne ; 

 is very fmall, aftive, and bold ; frequents inhabited places, 

 and feeds on feeds and fniit. Bill and legs brown ; cries like 

 a fparrow ; makes a roundifli nell, compofed of a reddifli 

 herb, and placed on the trees which it frequents. 



Blcoi.oR ; Orange-bellied grofbeak. Brown ; beneath 

 red : another variety ; brownifh, beneath white ; chin forae- 

 what ferruginous. Inhabits India; the bill is whitifh and 

 legs are brov.'n. 



Pr.\.ssixa ; Red-rumped grofbeak. Olive-green, beneath 

 yellowilh hoary, rump pale red ; legs yellow. This is the 

 defcription of the male ; the female of a variety is olive 

 brtiwn, beneath yellowilh hoary ; rump pale red ; legs 

 yellowifh. 



Thidactyla; Three-toed grofbeak. Le Gwfso Ballto, 

 Buffon. Bill tootlied on the edges; the head, throat, and 

 fore-part of the neck of a beautiful red,, which is pro- 

 longed in a narrow band quite to the vent ; the upper part 

 of the neck, back, and tail black ; the wing-coverts 

 brown, edged with white ; quills brown, with greenilh 

 edges ; legs dull red ; the wings reach half way on the tail ; 

 the toes three only, two before and one behind. 



This inhabits AbylTiuia ; frequents woods, and is a foli- 

 tary fpecies; feeds on kernels and feeds, which it breaks with 

 the greateft: eafe with its bill. Latham, Lewin, Gmelin's 

 Linnaeus, &:c. &c. 



LOXOCARYA, in Botany, from K'^'^;, ollique, and 

 KKfMv, a nut. Brown Prodr. Nov. Holl. v. i. 249. This 

 genus is leparated from Rejllo, folcly on account of its 

 having an undivided llyle, and a fruit of one cell, which is 

 as it were a third part, or one lobe, of that of RcJlio. We 

 prefume to think this difliuiSion fcarcely fnfficieiit. One 

 ipecies only is mentioned. 



1^. cliurea ; found by Mr. Brown in the foiith part of 

 New Holland. 



LOXODROMIC Table. See Tablk. 



LoxoDRo.Mics, the art or method of oblique lailing, by 

 the loxodroniy, or rhumb. 



LOXODROMY, Loxodromia, fn-med of AoJo.;, ob- 

 lique, and l^rjjj.rj:, courfe, the line which a fliip defcribes in 

 falling oa the fame collateral rhumb. 



The loxodromy, called alio the loxodromic line, cuts all 

 the meridians in the lame angle, called the loxodromic angle. 

 This line is a fpecies of the logarithmic ipiral, defcribed on 

 the furface of the fphere, having the meridians for its 

 radii. 



LOYAL, in the Manege. A horfe is fald to be loyal, 

 that freely bends all his force in obeying and performing any 

 manege he is put to ; and does not defend himfelf, or refill, 

 uotwithilanding his being ill treated. 



A loyal mouth is au excellent mouth, of the nature of 

 fuch as we call mouths with a full relt upon the hand. 



LOYALSOCK Creek, in Geography, a river of Ame- 

 rica, 



