280. 



ANGOLA GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia angolensis.) 



L. nigro ccerulea, ventre J'errugineo, macula alarum alba. 

 Black caerulean Grosbeak, with the belly ferruginous, and a 



white spot on the wing. 

 Loxia angolensis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1 . 303. 24. — Gmel. Syst. Nat, 



1. 854. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 3S9- €0. 

 Black Grosbeak. Edivards. 352./. 2. 

 Angola Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 145. 53. 



Length five inches : size of the Bullfinch : beak 

 dusky : eyes dark-coloured : lower part of the 

 breast, abdomen, and vent dull red : spot on the 

 middle of the wing and another on the edge white : 

 the remainder of the plumage blueish black : legs 

 flesh-colour : from Angola. 



