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HUDSONIAN GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia Hudsonica.) 



Ij.fusca, abdomine albo, lateribus Jusco maculato, tectricibus ala- 

 rum rufo bifasciatis. 



Brown Grosbeak, with the abdomen white, the sides spotted 

 with brown ; wing-coverts with two red bands. 



Loxia Hudsonica. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 379. 28. 



Hudsonian Grosbeak. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 1Q2. 2. 



Known at Hudson's Bay by the name of Atic- 

 koom-a-shisk, where it is not uncommon : length 

 five inches : beak short, thick, and brown : plumage 

 above brown, the feathers bordered with rufous : 

 breast and belly white, with long brown dashes : 

 middle of the belly and vent white : greater and 

 middle wing-coverts tipped with rufous, forming 

 a band of that colour on the wing : tail slightly 

 forked : legs brown. 



