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ST. DOMINGO GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia dominicensis.) 



L. viridi-fusca, subtus rafa fusco maculata, regione oculorum 

 crissoque albis. 



Green-brown Grosbeak, beneath rufous spotted with brown ; 



space round the eyes and vent white. 

 Loxia dominicensis. Ghriel SysU Nat. 1. 855.— Lath. Ind. Orn. 



i. 383. 42. 



Le Verderin de St. Domingue. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 185.— 



Buff. PI. Enl. 341. f. 2. 

 St. Domingo Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn.3. 137. 30. 



Tpiis bird is a native of St. Domingo, and is 

 near six inches in length : beak reddish : region of 

 the eyes white : plumage above green-brown 5 the 

 feathers with pale edges: beneath dull rufous 

 spotted with brown : hinder parts of the abdomen 

 and vent white : quills black : tail and legs dusky 

 brown. 



v. tx. p. 11. 



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