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ORANGE GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia aurantia.) 



L. fulva, pileo alis caiulaque nigris. 



Fulvous Grosbeak, with the upper part of the head, wings, and 



tail, black. 

 Loxia aurantia. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 853. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



390. 66. 

 Le Bouvert. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 387- 

 Bouvreuil de Bourbon et du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Buff. 



PI. Enl. 204. f. 1. 2. 

 Orange Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 146. 56. 



The Orange Grosbeak inhabits the Cape of 

 Good Hope and the Isle of Bourbon : it is in 

 length four inches and a half : beak dusky: crown 

 of the head black : general colour of the plumage 

 fine orange, with the wings and tail dusky black, 

 bordered with orange, but with some of the inner 

 quills white : legs pale red : female with the whole 

 of the head and fore-part of the neck black : the 

 under parts of the body white : the rest of the 

 plumage dull orange, except the quills, which are 



