DOMINICAN CARDINAL. 
a small mixture of grey; the feathers being, 
as it were, finely fringed with grey. The 
taii>feathers are edged with white. The sides 
of the neck, breast, and whole under side as 
far as the tail, are purely white. It has four 
toes, three standing forward, and one back- 
ward, after the usual manner, all of a brown 
colour. In brief, it may be described thus : 
the head is red ; the upper side black, and the 
nether white,"* 
The bird thus figured and described, Ed- 
wards informs us, was brought alive from 
Lisbon, by Mr. Paul Martyn : who put the 
following note under the original drawijig — • 
*' Called the Dominican Cardinal. This bird 
is found only in the Brasils, at a great dis- 
tance from any habitation.'' 
I believe," adds Edwards, this bird has 
never yet been figured ; though I find a de- 
scription of a bird in Marcgrave's History of 
Brasil, under the name of Guiratirica, that 
can be no other than the above described ; and 
any one, who will compare his description 
with luiue, will, I dare say,, be of my opinion. 
\ Our 
