238 GROSBEAK. 



under one, partly corresponding ; base white ; head and part of the 

 neck black ; general colour of the plumage deep crimson, inclining 

 to chestnut above, and to pink beneath ; quills and tail dusky red, 

 the shape of the latter a trifle rounded ; legs brown. 



The young bird has the head and throat black ; upper part of the 

 body olive green, with a mixture of red here and there ; sides of the 

 neck deep orange red ; from the breast to the vent deep orange 

 yellow ; quills olive green, the outer edges of some of them rufous. 



The female is greenish yellow above, paler beneath ; breast full 

 yellow ; head and neck black, as in the male. 



Inhabits Cayenne. 



34.— NUN GROSBEAK. 



Loxia collavia, hid. Orn. i. 382. Lin. i. 305. Gm. Lin. i. 857. Daud. ii. 999. 



Shaw's Zool. ix. 292. 

 Grosbec Nonette, Buf. iii. 446. PL enl. 393. 3. 



a Joues blanches, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 124 ? 



Nun Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. iii. 133. 



LENGTH four inches and a half. Size of the Blue Titmouse, 

 but the bill much thicker, and black ; forehead whitish ; top of the 

 head, and body above, greenish blue ; temples black ; rump and 

 under part of the body rufous white ; chin, and sides of the neck, the 

 same, but paler; across the breast a mottled black band; wings 

 rufous yellow and black mixed; tail black; legs brown. 



Inhabits the East Indies. 



A.— Grivelin a Cravate, Buf. iii. 473. Daud. ii. 400. Var. A. 

 Grosbec d'Angola, PL enl. 659. 2. Gen. Syn. iii. 134. A. 



This differs in having the upper parts of a darker colour ; between 

 the bill and eye, chin and neck before, rufous white, passing round 

 the neck as a collar; there is also a small white spot at the base of 



