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YELLOW-HEADED GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia mexicana.) 



L. grisea,Jronte gula uropygio superciliisque luteis. 



Grey Grosbeak, with the forehead, throat, rump, and line over 



the eyes yellow. 

 Loxia mexicana. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1.304. 2G.—Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 854. — Briss. 3. Q7. 12. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 385. 50. 

 La Linotte a tete jaune. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 83. 

 Yellow-headed Grosbeak. Edwards. Birds. 44.— Lath. Gen. 



Syn. 3. 140. 46. 



Inhabits Mexico : length near six inches : beak 

 pale flesh-colour : irides hazel : front of the head, 

 cheeks, and throat yellow; with a brown band 

 passing behind the eyes towards the back : upper 

 parts of the body dull brown, with black spots ; 

 lower parts pale brown, with dull brown spots : 

 quills and tail blackish : legs dull brown. 



