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GAMBIA GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia Gambensis.) 



L. lutea, capite atro. 



Yellow Grosbeak, with a black head. 



Loxia melanocephala. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 305. 34. — Gmel. Syst, 



Nat. l. 85g.—Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 391. 69. 

 Coccothraustes Gambensis. Briss. 3. 230. 5. 

 Gambia Grosbeak. Albin. 3. t. 62. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 149. 



65. 



The whole bird yellowish green, with the ex- 

 ception of the irides, head, throat, and fore-part 

 of the neck, which are black : beak cinereous : 

 legs blueish ash-colour : inhabits Gambia, and is 

 six inches and a quarter in length. 



YELLOW GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia flavicans.) 



L. Jlavo, dorso Jlavicante, capite Jklvo. 



Yellow Grosbeak, with the back yellowish, and head fulvous. 

 Loxia flavicans. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 302. 13. — Amcen. Acad. 4. 



244.— Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 850. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 385. 48. 

 Yellow Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 139. 44. 



Beak short and thick, the base reaching on the 

 forehead further than usual : head, neck, breast, 

 belly, and vent, yellow ; the top of the first paler : 

 back, wings, and tail, greenish-yellow : quills and 



