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RADIATED GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia lineata.) 



L. nigra subtus alba, lateribus corporis basique remigum primorum 



albo nigroque transversim striatis. 

 Black Grosbeak, beneath white, with the sides of the body and 



the base of the primary quills transversely striated with black 



and white. 

 Loxia lineata. Gmel. Syst. Nat* 1. 858. — Lath. hid. Orn. 1. 



395. 85. 

 Radiated Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 176. 78. 



This beautiful little bird is about the size of the 

 Linnet, with a stout, thick, and white beak : head, 

 neck, breast, and lesser wing-coverts black : se- 

 condaries, sides of the body, and base of the 

 primaries striated with black and white ; the tips 

 of the latter black : abdomen and vent white : tail 

 black, three quarters of an inch in length : legs 

 dusky. 



