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BROWN-HEADED GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia ferruginea.) 



L. nigra, marginibus primarum Jlavis, subtus Jlavescens, pectore 

 JerrugineOy capite gulaque Juscis, 



Black Grosbeak, with the margins of the feathers yellow ; be- 

 neath yellowish, with the breast ferruginous ; head and throat 

 brown. 



Loxia ferruginea. Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 1. 853. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 

 38g. 62. 



Brown-headed Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 145. 54. 



This bird is very scarce : it is in length six 

 inches : beak stout, and horn-coloured : head and 

 chin dusky brown : back and wing-coverts black ; 

 the feathers with deep yellow margins ; breast 

 dark ferruginous : abdomen and vent dull yellow y 

 palest on the vent: quills and tail dusky, with 

 yellow margins : legs pale : tail even at the end. 



