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CAUCASIAN GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia rubicilla.) 



X<. coccinea albo metadata, abdomine crissoque roseis, tectricibus 



alarum majoribusfuscis, cauda nigra. 

 Crimson Grosbeak, spotted with white; abdomen and vent rosy; 



greater wing-coverts brown ; tail black. 

 Loxia rubicilla. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 846. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



372. 6. 

 Caucasian Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 2. 112.6. 



The upper mandible of the beak of this bird is 

 brown, the under whitish : eyes brown : upper part 

 of the head and body, the fore-part of the neck and 

 breast, deep crimson, varied with triangular white 

 spots : greater wing-coverts and quills brown, edged 

 with rose-colour : belly and vent of the latter co- 

 lour, undulated with whitish: thighs hoary 1 un- 

 der tail-coverts rosy brown : tail glossy black, three 

 inches and a half in length, the outer feathers with 

 whitish margins, the rest rose-coloured : legs and 

 claws black : female not quite so bright. 



Found about the gravelly hollows, in the coldest 

 parts of the Caucasian mountains, flying in large 

 flocks, and living on the berries of the sea buck- 

 thorn : it has a note similar to the Bullfinch. 



