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PARADISE GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia erythrocephala.) 



L. cinerascens , capite purpurascente, pectore albo maculato. 

 Ash-coloured Grosbeak with the head purplish, and breast 



spotted with white. 

 Loxia erythrocephala. Lin. Syst. Nat. ]. 301. 10. — Gmel, Syst. 



Nat. 1. 849. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 377. 20. 

 Cardinalis angolensis. Briss. App. 70. 69- 

 Sparrow of Paradise. Edwards. 180. 

 Paradise Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 122. 19. — Lath. Syn. 



Sup. 156. 



About six inches in length : beak flesh-colour : 

 head and chin red : hind part of the neck, back, 

 rump, and wing-coverts, blueish-ash : under parts 

 white, marked with black waved spots on the 

 sides : wing-coverts tipped with white, forming 

 two bars of that colour on the wing : quills and 

 tail deep ash, with grey tips ; the upper coverts 

 of the latter margined with grey : legs flesh-colour. 

 Found at Angola j has been bred in an aviary, but 

 the young ones died, as they were forsaken by the 

 mother, in consequence of being too much dis- 

 turbed : the male has a very low note, and fre- 

 quently sings. 



