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DOMINICAN GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia dominicana.) 



L. nigra, capite gulaque coccineis, pectore abdomine remigibusque 

 margine albis. 



Black Grosbeak, with the head and throat crimson ; breast, ab- 

 domen, and quills margined with white. 



Loxia dominicana. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 301. 8. — Amcen. Acad. 

 4. 242. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 848. — Lath. Lid. Orn. 1. 377- 

 21. 



Dominican Cardinal. Edivards. 12/. 



Dominican Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 123. 20. — Lath. Syn. 

 Sup. 151. 



/3. capite anterior e guttureque rubris, rectricibics nigris cinereo 

 marginatis ; extima margine exterior e alba. 



With the anterior part of the head and the throat red, tail-fea- 

 thers black, margined with cinereous, the outer one with the 

 exterior margin white. 



Cardinalis dominicanus. Briss. 3. 11(3. 22. t. Q.J'. 4. 



Cardinal dominiquain. Buff. Hid. Nat. Ois. 3. 500.— Buff. PI. 

 Eid. 55. 2. 



Pope Grosbeak. Pen. Arct. Zoo/. 2. 211. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 

 124. 20. /3, 



This bird appears to vary very much : it is the 

 size of a Lark : beak stoat : the upper mandible 

 brown, the under pale flesh-colour : eyes blueish : 

 head, throat, and fore-part of the neck bright red : 

 hind part of the neck blackish, with a mixture of 

 white ; sides of the latter whitish : back, rump, 

 wing, upper tail-coverts, and scapulars grey, spot- 

 ted with black : breast, belly, thighs, and vent 

 whitish: quills black, edged with white : tail black : 

 legs cinereous. 



