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WARBLING GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia cantans.) 



lu.fusca nigricante transversim lineata, subtus alba. 



Brown Grosbeak, transversely striped with dusky; beneath 



white. 

 Loxia cantans. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 859. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



395. 88. 

 Brown Grosbeak. Broixin. III. 66. t. 27. 

 Warbling Grosbeak. Lath. Gen, Syn. 3. 157. 81. 



This bird is frequently brought over to Eng- 

 land from its native country (Africa), on account 

 of its song ; but it does not live long : the most 

 common appearance is as follows : length four 

 inches : beak dusky : upper parts of the plumage 

 brown, with narrow obscure dusky lines : belly 

 white : tail deep brown, and wedge-shaped : legs 

 blueish : many of these birds are mottled on the 

 chin and sides of the body with dusky and white, 

 and of a pale yellow beneath. 



