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GROSBEAK 
113. Haw. 
DeEscrIP. 
“G FOS 'B FE A ik. Crass II, 
BILL ftrong, thick, convex above and below. 
NOSTRILS {mall and round. : 
TONGUE as if cut off at the end. 
Le Grofbec ou Pinfon royal. Le Grofbec. Briffon av. Il. 
Belon av. 
Bee sc, 219. 
Coccothrauftes (fteinbeifler) P/. exl. gg, 100. 
Gefner av. 276. Loxia coccothrauftes. Lin. fyfte 
Aldr. av. YI. 289. 299. 
Frofone. Oliza 37. Stenkneck. Faun. Suec. fp. 222. 
Grofbeak, or Hawfinch. W7z/. Kernbeis, Nutbeiffer. Kram. 
‘orn. 244. 365. 
Rait fyn. av. 85. Kirfchfinch ( Cherry-finch). 
Charlton ex. gt. Frifch, 1. 4. 
Dlefchk. Sccsolz, No. 261. Brunnich. in append. 
Edw. av. 188. _Themale. | Br. Zool. 105. plate U. F. 1. 
HE birds we defcribe were fhot in Shropfbire : 
they vifit us only at uncertain times, and are 
not regularly migrant. They feed on berries; 
and even on the kernels of the ftrongeft ftones, 
fuch as thofe of cherries and almonds, which they 
crack with the greateft facility: their bills are well 
adapted to that work, being remarkably thick and 
{ftrong. Mr. Willughby tells us, they are common 
in Germany and Italy; that in the fummer they live 
in woods, and breed in hollow trees, laying five 
or fix eges; but in the winter they come down in- 
to the piains. 
This fpecies weighs near two ounces: its length 
is feven inches; the breadth thirteen: the bill is of 
a fun- 
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