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GREY-NECKED GROSBEAK. 



near the edge of the wing black : secondaries grey 

 on the outer and black on the inner edge ; greater 

 quills black at the part farthest from the body, with 

 grey tips, the other part nearest the body yellow : 

 vent the same : abdomen dirty red : tail black, 

 tipped with white : legs greenish yellow : common 

 in China. 



GREY-NECKED GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia melanura.) 



L. cervice Jusca 9 jugulo uropygioque griseis, abdomine rufescente, 

 alis caudaque nigris, macula alarum remigibus apice crissoque 

 albis. 



Grosbeak with the hind part of the neck brown ; jugulum and 

 rump grey ; abdomen reddish ; wings and tail black ; a spot 

 on the wings, tip of the quills, and vent white. 



Loxia melanura. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 853. — Lath. Ind. Orn. \. 

 38C). 63. 



Le Gros-bec de la Chine. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 2. IQQ. 

 Grey-necked Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 145. 55. 



This bird inhabits China, and is the size of the 

 Hawfinch : beak and irides yellow : head black : 

 hind part of the neck dirty brown, fore-part grey : 

 wing-coverts blueish-black, with a white spot near 

 the middle : secondaries black, edged on the inner 

 web with white : primaries black with white tips : 

 belly pale rufous : vent white : rump grey : legs 

 yellow : female with the head grey, and quills 

 black, bordered with white. 



