FAN-TAILED GROSBEAK. 



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therefore, I conceive to amount nearly to a proof 

 that the animals added to it at different times, as 

 they found necessary from the increase of the 

 family, or rather of the nation or community." 



This species also constructs its nests on the 

 Acacia trees and the Aloe Dichotornes, which 

 grows to a very large size. Mr. Barrow notices 

 one that had steps cut in its sides to enable a 

 person to climb up for the nests. 



Supposed to be a variety of L. tatta, by Monsieur 

 Daudin. 



FAN-TAILED .GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia flabellifera.) 



L. rubro-Jusca suhtus rubescens, remigibus caudaque jfuscis. 

 Reddish-brown Grosbeak, beneath reddish ; quills and tail 

 brownish. 



Loxia flabellifera. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 850.r—Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 

 380. 30. 



La Queue en Eventail de Virgini6. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois.3. 463. 



—Bvff. PL Enl. 380. 

 Fan-tailed Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 128. 28. 



About five inches in length : beak strong and 

 dusky: prevailing colour of the plumage above 

 reddish-brown, with the rump paler : below rather 

 inclined to red : quills, tail, and legs dusky : fe- 

 male with the breast and belly grey. Called Fan- 

 tails in Virginia, from the circumstance of their 

 carrying the tail expanded. 



v. ix. p. ii. 21 



