DOMINICAN CARDINAL. 
, 3ur countryman, Mr. Wiilughby, has trans- 
: ated Marcgrave^s description of this bird, 
ikvhich he calls the American Bullfinch. See 
|iis description, in his Ornithology. As I had 
an opportunity to draw this figure from the 
I living bird, and the before mentioned authors 
j'not having given us any draught of it, I 
■ thought it worthy of publication, and trust 
jthat the public will be of my opinion. I have 
j heard of several of them being brought to 
^I^London, since I finished my draught." 
From the above account of Edwards, it is 
f evident that he knew nothing of Brisson's 
f figure or description, published about the same'r 
I time at Paris. 
I Brisson's description, in general, sufficiently 
agrees with that of Edwards. He says, how- 
ever, that some of the feathers on the head are 
long enough to form a crest ; and, that the 
tail is slightly forked : but there is no mani- 
festation of any such appearances, even in his 
own figure. The female, he adds, differs from 
the male, in having the fore part of her head 
of a yellow orange-colour, sprinkled with 
little 
