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DUSKY GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia obscura.) 



L. JuscO'tiigricans, gula media corjwreque subtus albis, lateribus 



Jiisco maculatis, tectricibus alarum albo bifasciatis. 

 Brownish-black Grosbeak, with the throat in the middle and 



body beneath white, the sides spotted with fuscous, and the 



wing-coverts with two white fascia. 

 Loxia obscura. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 862. — Lath* Ind. Om, J, 



379. 27- 



Dusky Grosbeak. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 21(5. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 

 3. 127. 26. 



This bird has the head, neck, and back dusky, 

 edged witb pale brown : wing-coverts dusky, with 

 two white bars : middle of the throat white : sides 

 of the breast and belly white, with brown spots : 

 quills green. Found at New York in the summer 

 season. 



