GROSBEAK. 26.9 



a kind of process, or tooth ; the plumage deep blue ; bill surrounded 

 at the base with black, passing downwards before, and covering the 

 fore part of the neck ; in the middle of this, on the chin and throat, 

 is a large patch of white ; legs dusky blue. 



In the female, the patch of white on the chin is smaller, and not 

 surrounded with black ; and the under parts incline to ash-colour ; 

 otherwise like the male. 



Inhabits America, but is not a common species : a pair of them, 

 in the British Museum, are said to have come from Surinam ; they 

 are called Corn bitters. 



A.— Fringilla diuca, lnd. Om. i. 456. Gm. Lin. i. 915. Molin. Chil. 221. Id. 229. 



Fr. Ed. 

 Chili Finch, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 208. 



This is said to be larger than a Canary Finch. General colour of 

 the plumage blue; the chin white. 



Inhabits Chili, chiefly about dwellings; sings remarkably well, 

 especially about sunrise. This seems to correspond with the White- 

 throated Species, and is probably only a Variety of it. 



87— SOOTY GROSBEAK. 



Loxia fuliginosa, Daud. ii. 372. 



SIZE of the last. Bill dusky ; the plumage deep bluish brown ; 

 quills and tail black ; legs dusky. 



Said to inhabit America — probably a Variety of the other. — A 

 specimen is in the Museum of Natural History, at Paris. 



