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PEARLED GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia perlata.) 



L. nigra suhtus Jusca, postice albo nigroque mria. 

 Black Grosbeak, beneath brown ; hinder parts varied with black 

 and white. 



Loxia perlata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 858. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1, 

 395. 86. 



Pearled Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 156. 79« 



This bird very much resembles L. lineata, and 

 may eventually prove nothing but a variety : it is 

 an inhabitant of Whidah in Africa, and is the size 

 of a Wren, with the head and upper parts of the 

 body black : lower parts brown, mixed in a beau- 

 tiful manner with black towards the thighs and 

 tail : said to have an agreeable note, and to feed 

 on grain. 



