BLUE GROSBEAK. 
Loxia Cyanca. Lin. Syst. i. p. 303. 
Le Gros-bec bi.ue d Angola. Bris. otn. app. p . 88. 19. 
Blue Grosbeak from Angola. Edw. p . 125 . 
Blue Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 117. 11. 
Vas. B. 
This Plate represents the bird as large as life. Although it came from 
Lisbon, it is supposed to be a native of Angola, in Africa, a country- 
situated between the river Dande and Coanza, in Congo, and called 
Azulam by the Portugueze, who have several colonies and settlements 
there. 
The bill of this bird is very strong, double convex, very thick at its 
base, and of a lead colour ; it is surrounded with black feathers, which 
reach on each side as far as the eye, and descend under the chin. 
The hides are of a dark hazel ; and the general plumage is of a fine 
deep blue, except the wings and tail, which are black ; the legs are very 
strong and black. 
