DOMINICAN CARDINAL. 
This bird has been frequently described by 
naturalists, but seldom figured. We know, 
indeed, of no other figures, than that of Ed- 
wards, which we have copied; and another by 
Brisson, which appears to be very indifferently 
^'executed. 
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^ With the figure of Edwards, which we 
have somewhat reduced, we shall give his de- 
scription — It has," he says, "legs and feet 
rather strong than weak in proportion to it's 
size. The bill is of a moderate size ; the up- 
per mandible dusky or horn-coloured, the 
lower whitish. The eyes are black, with dark 
hazel-coloured irides. The whole head is of 
a very beautiful red or scarlet colour ; which 
colour reaches down the fore part of the 
neck, or throat, as far as the breast, and ends 
in a point. The upper side of the neck, 
the back, wings, and tail, are ail of a black 
colour. The cjuills that fall next to the back 
are bordered round with white, as are the co-^ 
vert-feathers next above them ; the lesser co- 
vert-feathers of the wings and the back have 
a small 
