GROSBEAK. 



205 



91 Purple 



92 Rufous-chinned 



93 Porto-Rico 



94 Dusky 



95 Cardinal 



A Carlson's 



96 Indian 



97 Ash-coloured 



98 Fan-tail 



99 Brazilian 



100 Hudsonian 



101 Dominican 



A Pope 



102 Crested Dominican 



103 Red-breasted 



104 Tufted 



105 Yellow-crested 



106 Canada 

 A Var. 



107 Spotted 



108 Marigold 



109 Grey 



110 Black 



111 White-rumped 



112 White-billed 



113 Brown-headed 

 A Var. 



114 Brown-cheeked 



1 15 St. Domingo 



116 Paraguan 



117 Gold-headed 



118 Black-crested 



119 Minute 



120 Dwarf 



121 Streaked-headed 



1 HE bill in this Genus is strong, convex above and below, and 

 thick at the base. 



Nostrils small and round. 



Tongue as if cut off at the end. 



Toes placed three before and one behind. 



This Genus, as well as that of the Thrush, has attracted the 

 attention of later writers, who have altered the arrangement of 

 several of the species, hitherto comprised therein, by forming them 

 into separate Genera ; induced so to do, from the wished for pre- 

 cision of the present race of naturalists, which may be observed, as 

 we proceed in the descriptions. 



Among others, may be noticed the Crossbill, which Brisson 

 allows to stand singly, under the name of Loxia ;* again in respect 

 to our Parrot-billed Grosbeak ; which M. Temminck has made into 

 a Genus, calling it Psittirostra, from the similarity of the bill to 

 that of a Parrot, f 



To compose his Genus Loxia, (our present Grosbeak,) Linnaeus 

 has selected from several authors, but chiefly Brisson, J such birds as 



* From the mandibles of the bill crossing each other. 



f The bill of this bird approaches as near to that of the Coly, as to that of the Parrot, 

 though not formed precisely the same as either ; and it may be observed, that Linnaeus, 

 included the Coly among his Loxiae. 



% From his Genera of Loxia, Coccothraustes, Chloris, Pyrrhula, Fringilla, Cardinalis, 

 Passer, Senegalus, Maia, and Colius. 



