522 NORTHERN GROSBEAK. 



the margin of the upper mandible, and black ; as 

 is the plumage in general, with the exception of a 

 little white on the fore-part of the wing and base 

 of the two first quills : legs black. From Mexico. 



NORTHERN GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia septentrionalis.) 



L. atra, macula alarum alba* 



Dark-coloured Grosbeak, with a white spot on the wing. 



Loxia septentrionalis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 865.-— Lath. Ind. 



Orn, 1. 388. 58. 

 Northern Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 147. 59- 



The whole bird black, with the exception of a 

 white spot on the wing : said to inhabit the north 

 of Europe. 



