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RED-BILLED GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia sanguinirostris.) 



L. grisea subtus albida, rostra pedibusque sanguineis, gula nigra. 

 Grey Grosbeak, beneath whitish, with the beak and feet blood 



red, and throat black. 

 Loxia sanguinirostris. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 303. 20. — Amcsn. 



Acad. 4. 243.— Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 851. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



3y2. 73. 



Emberiza Quelea. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 310. 8. — Gmel Syst. Nat. 



1. 877. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 409. 31. 

 Passer senegalensis erythrorynchos. Briss. 3. 110. 19. 2. Q.f. 1. 

 Passer erythrorynchos Capitis Bonae Spei. Briss. 3. 108. 18. t. 



5.f. 4. female. 

 Le moineau a bee rouge. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 485. — Buff. 



PL Enl. 183../ 2. 

 Brazilian Sparrow. Edwards. 27\.f. 2. 

 Black-faced Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 1QQ. 28. 

 Red-billed Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 151. 69. 

 /3. rufo-rubra, supra fusco nigricanteque variegata, facie gulaque 



nigra. 

 Rufous- red, above variegated with fuscous and dusky, face and 



throat black. 

 Moineau du Senegal. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. -184.— Buff. PL 



Enl. 223./ 1. 

 Black-faced Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 1Q3. 28. A. 



This is the size of Fringilla Spinus : beak thick, 

 and of a deep blood red : forehead above the eye, 

 and round to the chin, black : rest of the head, 

 neck, back, and wings, grey brown : breast, belly, 

 and bend of the wing, yellowish white : quills and 

 tail brown : legs pale red : middle of the feathers 

 sometimes blackish. 



