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THICK-BILLED GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia crassirostris.) 



L. nigra, remigibus primoribus rectricibusque duabus intermedins 

 basi albis, rostro gibboso. 



Black Grosbeak, with the primary quills and two middle tail- 

 feathers white at the base ; beak gibbous. 



Loxia crassirostris. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 862. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 1. 390. 65. 



Thick-billed Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 148. 6. — Lath. Syn. 

 Sup. 152, 



Locality unknown : described by Dr. Latham, 

 from Mr. Tunstal's Museum, as follows : " Size of 

 a Bullfinch : length five inches and three quarters : 

 the beak is of a large size, and deeper than it is 

 long, being three quarters of an inch from the 

 base on the forehead to that of the under jaw : the 

 base of the upper mandible passes backward some 

 way on the forehead ; about one third from the 

 tip is a deep notch ; the colour of the beak a pale 

 yellow : the plumage is wholly black, except the 

 bottoms of the quills, which are white, forming a 

 spot on the wing : tail two inches long ; base of 

 the middle feathers white : legs whitish." 



