CARDINAL GROSBEAK. 
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'''kite, while at other times it was red ; and Mr Elliot, 
Beaufort, a i ndicions naturalist, informed me, that in 
month of February he killed a ton he bunting’ with 
^Ue eye red and the other white ! It should be observed, 
the iris of the young bird’s eye is of a chocolate 
^olour during its residence in Pennsylvania; perhaps 
•'is ma)' brighten into a n bite during winter, and these 
Ny have been all birds of the |)receding year, which 
*‘*'1 not yet receiv<ul the full (ioloiir of the eye. 
The towhe bunting is eight inches and a half long, 
*®d eleven broad; above, bbu;k, \«hich also descends, 
j^tunding on the breast, the sides ot n hieh arc bright 
V, spreading along under the wings; the belly is 
''’I'ite, the vent, pale rufous ; a spot of white marks the 
**^iig just below the coverts, and another a little below 
extends obliquely across the primaries ; the tail is 
""g, nearly even at the end ; the three exterior feathers 
"'iite for an inch or so from the tips, the outer one, 
J'’^‘olly white, the middle ones, black ; the bill is black; 
'‘‘e legs and feet, a dirty llesh colour, and strong, for 
p''sfching u|) the ground. The female difters in being 
j 't light reddish brown in those parts where the male 
hlack, and in having the bill more of a light horu 
'flour. 
SIIBGEN'US IV. COCCOTHRAVSTF.S, BKISSON. 
180 . VltlNGILLA CARDIXALIS, BONAI’AlvTE. 
I-OXIA CARDINALIS, WILSON. C'AKDINAI, OKOSBEAK. 
WILSON, PLATE 11. FIG. 1. MALE, — PH!. IT. FE.MALE. 
EDI.VBURGll COLLEGE .MUSEC.M. 
y Tins is one of our most common cage birds; and is 
'•■y generally known, not ouly in North America, but 
. fn ill Europe, numbers of them having been carried 
q both to France and England, in which last country 
j 'y arc usually called 'Virginia nightingales. To this 
Dr Latham observes, “ thejf are fully entitled,” 
liotL clearness and variety ot their notes, which, 
Ih in a w'ild and domestic state, are very various and 
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