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Pi. niger torque liinato nuchali guld, collo antice, crissoque riifo- 

 Jerrugineis. 



Black Pitylus with a lunar nuchal collar ; the throat, neck in 

 front, and vent red-rust- colour. 



Loxia Portoricensis. Daud. Orn. v. ii. p. 411. — Portorico Gros- 

 beak. Lath. Gen, Hist, v. iv. 273. 



Inhabits Portorico. Length seven inches : beak 

 and legs black : plumage in general dark black : on 

 the top of the head a broad rufo-ferruginous crescent, 

 each end of it prolonged on the sides of the neck : 

 throat and neck before, the same in colour ; also the 

 vent. The female dusky greyish-brown, the vent 

 only being ferruginous : beak and legs brown. 



Sp. 5. Pi.? gularis. 



Pi. atro-niger supra reflexu cyaneo ; mento rufo ; uropygio oris- 

 soque fuscis. 



Dark-black Pitylus with a blue gloss on the upper parts j the 



chin rufous ; the rump and vent brown. 

 Loxia gularis. Dand. Orn. ii. 412. — Rufous-chinned Grosbeak. 



Lath. Gen. Hist, v. iv. p. 273. 



Inhabits Florida : size of a Hawfinch. Length 

 seven inches : beak and legs black : plumage deep 

 black, with a gloss of blue on the upper parts, quills, 

 and tail : chin rufous : rump and vent brown : tail a 

 trifle forked ; the two outer feathers tipped with a 

 white spot. 



Sp. 6. Pi? violacea. 



Loxia violacea. Steph. v. ix. p. 249. — 



