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BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia erythromelas.) 



L. rubra, remigibus rectricibusque obscurioribus, capite atro. 

 Red Grosbeak, with the quills and tail-feathers more obscure, 

 and head black. 



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

 1. 391. 70, 



Black-headed Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 150. 66. t. 43. 



Nine inches in length : beak black at the tip, 

 and white at the base ; with a notch on the edge 

 of the under mandible, corresponding to a process 

 on the upper one : head and throat black : pre- 

 vailing colour of the plumage dull crimson, in- 

 clining to pink on the under parts : quills dusky 

 red : tail the same, and rounded, with the feathers 

 pointed at the tips : legs brown. The female with 

 the head and throat black : upper parts of the 

 body greenish orange, with a few patches of red : 

 sides of the neck deep orange-red : lower parts 

 orange-yellow : quills olive-green ; some of them 

 rufous on the outer edges. 



Inhabits Cayenne. 



