MEXICAN GROSBEAK. 



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tiful effect, from the brilliancy of their colours : 

 they are said to devour the blossoms of the wheat, 

 and afterwards the corn. 



MEXICAN GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia mexicana.) 



L. rubra, alts caudaque nigris, tinctura rufescente. 



Red Grosbeak with the wings and tail black, with a red tinge. 



Loxia mexicana. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1 . 300. 7. — Gmel. Syst. Nat, 



1. 848. — Briss. 3. 256. 18. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 377. 18. 

 Mexican Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 121. 17. 



Rather larger than the Hawfinch : length about 

 seven inches : prevailing colour of the plumage 

 blood-red : quills and tail blackish ; the coverts 

 of the latter with a red tinge : wings reaching to 

 the middle of the tail. Found at Mexico. 



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