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NUN GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia collaria.) 



L. jlavescenS) pectore collarique ffavis, temporibus nigris. 

 Yellowish Grosbeak, with the breast and neck yellow, and tem- 

 ples black. 



Loxia collaria. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 305. 31. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 



857. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 382. 37. 

 Le Gros-bec Nonette. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 446.— Buff. 



PI. Enl. 393. 3. 

 Le Grivelin a Cravate. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 473. 

 Gros-bec d'Angola. Buff. PI. Enl. 659. 2. 

 Nun Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 133. 34. 



This bird is an inhabitant of the East Indies 

 and Angola ; it is the size of the Blue Titmouse, 

 and four inches and a half in length : beak black : 

 forehead naked : temples black : top of the head 

 and upper parts of the body greenish blue : under 

 parts, collar on the neck, and rump, rufous white: 

 across the breast a mottled black band: wings 

 rufous yellow and black, mixed : tail black : legs 

 pale brown : the supposed opposite sex is figured 

 by BufFon, and differs in having the upper parts of 

 a darker colour ; the white collar round the neck, 

 and the mottled band on the breast, much broader 

 than in the above : the under parts are more rufous ; 

 and there is a white spot near the edge of the wing, 

 at the base of the quills. 



