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io. LoxiA,r23. Curviroftra, 299. 1. Crofsbilk. 
Grolbeak.| Br. Zool. Faun. Am. Sept. 11.. The 
fmall variety. 
Severn River, N° 27 and 2.8. 
This bird comes to Severn River the latter end 
of May, breeds more to the northward, and 
returns in autumn, in its way to the louth, de- 
parting at the fetting in of the froft. The 
irides in the male are of a beautiful red, in 
the female yellow : the weight is faid to be 
1 o ounces (probably by miftake for 1 ounce, 
as it is impoffible fo fmall a bird Ihould weigh 
more), the length is- 6 inches, the breadth 10. 
24. Enucleator, 299. 3.. Pine Grofbeak. Br. Zool.. 
and Faun. Am. Sept. Edw. 123, 124. Pi. enh. 
135- f : 
Severn River, N° 29, 30. 
It anfwers to the defcriptions and figures of the 
ornithologies pretty well y only Edwards’s fe- 
male has the red too bright, which is rather 
orange in our fpecimen,. on the head, neck,, 
and coverts of the tail. This bird only vifits 
the Hudfon’s Bay fettlements in May, on its 
way to the north, and is not obferved to re- 
turn in autumn ; its food confifts of birch- 
willow buds, and others of the fame nature 
it weighs 2 ounces, is 9 inches long, and 
13 broad. 
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