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ST. DOMINGO GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia dominicensis.) 



L. viridi-fusca, subtus rirfa fusco maculata, regione oculorum 



crissoque cilbis. 

 Green-brown Grosbeak, beneath rufous spotted with brown ; 



space round the eyes and vent white. 

 Loxia dominicensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 855. — Lath.Ind. Orn. 



1. 383. 42. 

 Le Verderin de St. Domingue. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 185. — 



Buff. PI. Enl. 341. f. 2. 

 St. Domingo Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 137. 3Q. 



This bird is a native of St. Domingo, and is 

 near six inches in length : beak reddish : region of 

 the eyes white : plumage above green-brown ; the 

 feathers with pale edges : beneath dull rufous 

 spotted with brown : hinder parts of the abdomen 

 and vent white : quills black : tail and legs dusky 

 brown. 



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