272 GROSBEAK. 



90— AZURE GROSBEAK. 



Loxia cyanea, Ind. Orn. i. 374. Lin. i. 303. Amcen. Ac. iv. 244. Gm. Lin. i. 853. 



Daud. ii. 389. Shaw's Zool. ix. 250. pi. 47. 

 Coccothraustes Angolensis cyanea, Bris. App. 88. Id. 8vo. i. 381. 

 Blue Grosbeak from Angola, Ediv. pi. 125. Gen. Syra. iii. 117. 11. B. 



SIZE of the Blue Grosbeak. Bill lead-colour ; iridesdark hazel; 

 general colour of the plumage fine deep blue ; quills, tail, and legs, 

 black. — Said by Edwards to inhabit Angola, but as it was met with 

 at Lisbon, there is great probability of its having been originally a 

 native of Brazil ; and if so, may be a Variety only of the Blue 

 Species.* The Portuguese give it the name of Azulam. 



91.— PURPLE GROSBEAK. 



Loxia violacea, Ind. Orn.'u 375. Lin.'i. 306. Gm. Lin.'i. 864. Daud. ii. 412. 



Shaw's Zool. ix. 249. 

 Pyrrhula Bahamensis violacea, Bris. iii. 326. Id. 8vo. i. 400. 

 Bouvreuil a gorge et sourcils rouges, Buf. iv. 396. 

 Coccothraustes purpurea, Klein, 95. 



Passer niger punctis croceis, Rail, 188. Sloan. Jam. ii. 311. 

 Purple Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. iii. 117. Arct. Zool. ii. 218. Cat. Car. i. pi. 40. Gent. 



Mag. xxiii. pi. in p. 128. 



SIZE of a Sparrow ; length five inches and three quarters. The 

 bill stout, black ; general colour of the plumage violet black, except 

 the irides, a streak over the eye, the chin and vent, all of which are 

 red ; legs dusky grey. The female is brown instead of black, and 

 the red less bright. 



Inhabits the Bahama Islands, Jamaica, and the warmer parts of 

 America, and feeds much on the mucilage of the poison wood 

 berries.f 



* M. Lagerstrom says it is a Chinese bird. See Amcen, Ac. 

 f Amyris toxifera. — Lin. 



