GROSBEAK. 219 



C. — Loxia Flamengo, Mus. Carls. Fasc. i. 1. 17. Gin. Lin. i. 864. 

 Flamingo Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. Sup. 155. 



Size of the Common Bui finch. Bill reddish, base surrounded 

 with black ; forehead, and space round the eyes, white ; rest of the 

 head rose-colour ; sides of the head and neck the same, but deeper ; 

 fore part of the neck, breast, and belly, pale rose-colour ; third and 

 fourth quills black ; tips of the lower order of wing coverts dusky, 

 forming a bar ; on the rump a black spot ; tail pale soot-colour ; the 

 rest of the body, wings, back, thighs, under part of the tail, and rest 

 of the wing white; legs sanguineous. 



A specimen of this was caught alive at Upsal, in Sweden, and 

 kept a whole year in a cage, without altering its colour. The Bul- 

 finch is known by various names in different parts of England ; as 

 Alp, Nope, Red and Tony-Hoop, and Bully. 



10.— NORTHERN GROSBEAK. 



Loxia Septentrionalis, Ind. Orn. i. 388. Gm. Lin. i. S65; Shaw's Zool. ix. 322. 



atra, Brun. No. 244. Muller, No. 249. 



Northern Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. iii. ] 47. 



SIZE of a House Sparrow. Plumage in general black ; rump 

 bluish black ; the four first quills white, towards the ends black, 

 forming a white spot on the wing ; the tail feathers white at the base. 



Found at Christiansoe, near Bornholm, in Denmark. 



11.— CAUCASIAN GROSBEAK. 



Loxia rubicilla, Ind. Orn. i. 372. Gm. Lin. i. 846. Nov. C. Petr. xix. 463. t. 12. 



Daud. ii. 387. Shaw's Zool. ix. 245. 

 Caucasian Grosbeak, Gen.Syn.m. 112. 



LENGTH eight inches. Upper mandible brown, the under 

 whitish ; eyes brown; upper part of the head and body, fore part of 



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