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WHITE-WINGED GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia panicivora.) 



L. ?iigra, alula alba, rostro griseo. 



Black Grosbeak, with the wing white, and beak grey. 



Loxia panicivora. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 302. 15. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 851.— Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 388. 57. 

 Pyrrhula Africana nigra. Briss. 3. 317. 4. 

 Bouvreuil noir d'Afrique. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 385. 

 White-winged Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 144. 52. 



This bird, with the exception of a white spot 

 on the wing-coverts, is entirely black : it is a na- 

 tive of Africa, and about the size of the Hawfinch : 

 the beak is half an inch in length and grey : the 

 legs are ash-coloured : length above seven inches. 



