:6lue grosbeak. 
angle not very acute: it is of a lead colour, 
with the lower mandible lighter than the 
upper. The eyes are of a dark hazel colour ; 
the pupils black. The bill is encompassed, 
above and beneath, with black feathers; nar- 
row on the forehead, on the sides reaching back 
to the eyes, and beneath the bill reaching about 
an inch down the throat. The head, - neck, 
back, rump, lesser covert-feathers of the wings, 
and all tb.e under side of the bird, are ot a 
very fme deep blue colour. On the top of the 
head, the feathers are longer than ordinary, 
and form a little crest on the hinder part of 
the head. The greater feathers, or quills in 
ibe wlngi;, and the row of covert-feathers next 
above them, are black : yet those quills that 
fjil next the back of the bird, and the first row 
x)f coverts above them, have blue edges. The 
rail is wholly black on the upper side, and of a 
fainter, or dusky black beneath, as aie the 
greater feathers of the wings. It's legs arid 
feet are rather little, and weak, than strong, 
in propordon to the bigness of the bird. The 
legs, it-, and claws, are all of a black or 
v1a-k iead-colour.'* The Blue Grosbeak of 
B-.t'U'U a verv d-itferent bird. 
