GROSBEAK. 273 



92.-RUFOUS-CHINNED GROSBEAK. 



Loxia gulavis, Daud. ii. 412. 



SIZE of a Hawfinch ; length seven inches. Bill and legs black ; 

 plumage deep black, with a gloss of blue on the upper parts, quills, 

 and tail ; chin rufous ; rump and vent brown ; tail a trifle forked, the 

 two outer feathers tipped with a white spot, most distinct beneath. 



Inhabits Florida. 



93.— PORTO RICO GROSBEAK. 



Loxia Portoricensis, Daud. ii. 411. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill and legs black ; plumage in 

 general deep black ; on the top of the head a broad rufo-ferruginous 

 crescent, each end of it prolonged on the sides of the neck ; throat, 

 and neck before, the same in colour ; also the vent. 



The female dusky greyish brown, the vent only being ferruginous ; 

 bill and legs brown. 



Inhabits the Isle of Porto Rico, and perches on the tops of high 

 trees ; has a sharp whistle. The three last I suspect to be only 

 Varieties of the same Species. 



94— DUSKY GROSBEAK. 



Loxia obscura, Ind. Orn. i. 379. Gm. Lin.i. 862. Daud. ii. 392. Shaw's Zoo!. ix. 296. 

 Dusky Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. iii. 127. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 216. 



THIS has the head, neck, and back, dusky, the feathers edged 

 with pale brown ; wing coverts dusky, crossed with two white bars; 

 quills green ; middle of the throat white ; sides of the breast and 

 belly white, spotted with brown. 



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