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YELLOW-HEADED GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia mexicana. ) 



L. grisea,Jronte gula uropygio super ciliis que luteis. 



Grey Grosbeak, with the forehead, throat, rump, and line over 



the eyes yellow. 

 Loxia mexicana. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1.304. 26.—Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



i . 854.— 3. 97. 12.—- Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 385. 50. 

 La Linotte a tete jaune. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 83. 

 Yellow-headed Grosbeak. Edwards. Birds. 4A.>-~Lath. Gen. 



Syn. 3. 140. 40. 



Inhabits Mexico : length near six inches : beak 

 pale flesh-colour : irides hazel : front of the head, 

 cheeks, and throat j^ellow; with a brown band 

 passing behind the eyes towards the back : upper 

 parts of the body dull brown, with black spots ; 

 lower parts pale brown, with dull brown spots: 

 quills and tail blackish : legs dull brown. 



