PURPLE GROSBEAK. 



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Magniola swamps during summer, and departing 

 in the autumn towards Carolina. 



PURPLE GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia violacea.) 



L. violacea, superciliis gula crissoque rubris, 

 Violet Grosbeak, with a streak above the eyes ; the throat and 

 vent red. 



Loxia violacea. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 306. 43. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



I. 864. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 375. 13. 

 Pyrrhula bahamensis violacea. Briss. 3. 326. Q. 

 Le Bouvreuil a gorge et sourcils rouges. Biiffi. Hist. Nat. Ois. 



4. 396. 



Purple Grosbeak. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 218. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 

 117. 12. 



The Purple Grosbeak inhabits the Bahama 

 Islands, Jamaica, and the warmer parts of Ame- 

 rica, and is about the size of a Sparrow : length 

 five inches and three quarters : beak black : irides 

 red : chin, vent, and a streak over the eye, red : 

 rest of the plumage violet-black : legs dusky-grey : 

 the red of the female is not quite so bright, and 

 she is brown in those parts where the male is 

 black. 



