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108— MARIGOLD GROSBEAK. 



Loxia Bonariensis, Ind. Orn. i. 385. Gm. Lin. i. 850. Shaw's Zool. ix. 287. 

 Le noir Souci, Buf. iv. 150. 

 Marigold Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. iii. 139. 



SIZE of a Sparrow ; length seven inches. Bill blackish, short, 

 strong, the under mandible paler ; nostrils pervious ; head and upper 

 part of the neck blue, of the body, blackish ; throat, neck before, 

 and breast, the colour of a marigold ; belly and vent brimstone ; the 

 quills and tail blackish, edged with blue ; legs reddish, the middle 

 and outer toe united as far as the first joint, the hind one largest ; 

 all the claws sharp, bent, and channelled. 



Inhabits Buenos Ayres ; found there in September, in cultivated 

 places and gardens ; seen in pairs, feeds both on grass and seeds 



109.— GREY GROSBEAK. 



Loxia grisea, Ind. Orn. i. 382. Gm. Lin.i. 857. Daud. ii. 401. Shaw's Zoo\. ix. 252. 

 Grisalbin, Grosbec de Virginie, Buf. iii. 467. PI. enl. 393. 1. 

 Grey Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. iii. 134. Arct. Zool. ii. 219. 



SIZE of the Blue Titmouse ; length four inches. The bill dark 

 brown ; neck and fore part of the head white ; the rest of the body 

 blue grey; legs reddish, claws brown. 



Inhabits Virginia : in some the whole head and neck are white. 



110.— BLACK GROSBEAK. 



Loxia nigra, Ind. Orn. i. 388. Lin. i. 306. Gm. Lin. i. 862. Klein, 95. Dau d. ii. 



413. Shaw' s Zool. ix. 321. 

 Pyrrhula Mexicana nigra, Bris. iii. 316. Id. 8vo.i. 397. 



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