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BLACK-CRESTED GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia coronata.) 



L. cristata, supra coccinea subtus cyanea, macula colli inferioris 

 cristaque nigris. 



Crested Grosbeak, above crimson, beneath blue, with a spot on 



the lower part of the neck, and crest black. 

 Loxia coronata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 859. — Lath, Ind. Orn. 



1.391.71. 



Pyrrhula Americana cristata. Briss. 3. 327- 10. 

 La Huppe noire. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 397. 

 Black-crested Grosbeak. Lath, Gen. Syn. 3. 150. 67. 



This bird is larger than the Bullfinch : length 

 almost six inches : beak half an inch long, and 

 white : head with a black crest : upper parts of 

 the body, including the wings and tail, rich scar- 

 let : under parts blue : neck with a black spot on 

 the middle of the fore-part. Inhabits America. 



