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stages towards perfection. In one from Cayenne, we observed that 

 the chin, and round the bill, was black; and the shoulders, some of 

 the wing coverts, and edges of the second quills were marked with 

 reddish . 



It is observed in the American Ornithology, that the common 

 note of this bird is aloud chuck, but at times it has a few weak-toned 

 notes ; that it is kept in cages, but seldom sings there ; feeds on 

 Indian corn, breaking the hardest grains with the bill ; eats also the 

 seeds of hemp, millet, and kernels of various berries. 



A.— Pyrrhula Brasiliensis caerulea, Bris. iii. 321. t. 17. f. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 398, Gen. 



Syn.Wi. 117. 

 Loxia Brissoui, Daud. ii. 414. 



This is wholly blue, except a black spot between the bill and 

 eye. — Found at Brazil. 



89— CERULEAN GROSBEAK. 



Le Grosbec bleu de Ciel, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 118. 



LENGTH six inches, breadth nine. Bill black, very strong, and 

 solid, slightly compressed on the sides ; front blue, extending over the 

 eyes, on each side, to the hindhead ; a patch of black surrounds the 

 under mandible; quills, tail, and greater wing coverts, black, edged 

 with blue ; the under glossy black ; rest of the plumage fine blue, but 

 the lesser coverts, at the bend of the wing, are light sky blue ; legs 

 deep violet. In the female the bill is dusky ; plumage pale rufous for 

 the most part, but the quills and tail are brown, bordered with rufous. 



Inhabits Paraguay, but is a rare bird ; chiefly seen in pairs, about 

 the bushes, but never enters deep woods, nor the open country ; said 

 to sing well. 



