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SIBERIAN GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia sibirica.) 



L. coccineajusco maculata, subtus pallide coccinea, capistro pur- 

 purea, alls albo nigroque jasciatis, rectricibus nigris, extima 

 alba. 



Scai-let Grosbeak with brown spots, beneath paler ; capistrum 

 purple ; wings banded with black and white ; tail-feathers 

 black ; the outer ones white. 



Loxia sibirica. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 849. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 

 378. 23.— Pall. It. 2. 711.24. 



Siberian Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 124. 21. - 



Feathers round the base of the beak deep pur- 

 ple : head and back in some vermillion, in others 

 rose-colour, marked with brown ; the feathers of 

 the former have the tips of a fine polished white, 

 in certain positions of light appearing most vivid: 

 base of the wings and coverts white, the latter with 

 black tips, forming a double oblique bar on the 

 wings : quills margined with white : under parts 

 pale rose-colour : tail longer than the body ; the 

 outer feathers white ; the others black, with pale 

 margins : female and young birds of the colour of 

 the linnet, with a red tinge on the belly and rump. 



Inhabits the bushy shrubs about the rivers and 

 torrents of the southern mountains of Siberia : is 

 fond of the seeds of the mug-wort, and in win- 

 ter unites in small flocks, and keeps among the 

 shrubs in the warmest situation, and is very rest- 

 less : it is a most elegant bird. 



