EVENING GROSBEAK. 
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a »d' £ r ® en 'sh ; the back, rump, with the whole lateral 
„ H , ln t«'i° r surface, including the under wing and 
r ^ail-coverts, yellow, purer on the rump, and some- 
t(| 6s i l' n ged with olive-brown on the belly. Although 
w 6 dolours are all very pure, they are not definitely 
thL but pass very insensibly into each other; 
Of .I, e black of the crown passes into the dark brown 
1)1,, , j ' ueck, which, becoming lighter by degrees, is 
t alv<> <ltd w '‘tl l the yellow of the back. The same thing 
Pl ft c6 beneath, where the olive-brown of the breast 
post? ^ the nicest gradations into the yellow of the 
“lili«? l0r P a rts ; the whole base of the plumage is pale 
U),. f Plumbeous, white before the tips of the feathers ; 
Hr e '.chorals are black, skirted with yellow ; the wings 
° Ur a . n< l a hull inches long ; the’ smaller, middling, 
Os 'Verier larger wing-coverts are deep black, as well 
spurious wing ; those nearest the body are white, 
ti^ K at the origin only ; the quills are deep black, the 
°uter being subequal and longest, attenuated on 
tip. ,°Uter web at the point, and inconspicuously 
' " ith whitish ; the secondaries are marked with 
iit h | B 011 their inner web, that colour extending more 
| >0l 'e as they approach the body, the four or five 
Ctjv?? being entirely pure white, like their immediate 
Wb> ’ an( l slightly and inconspicuously edged with 
W \. e *ternally; the tail is two and a half inches 
c°y ’^lightly forked, and, as well as its long superior 
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very deep black; the outer feather on each 
on the inner vane, towards the tip, a large, 
Obi it •*. white spot, which seems disposed to become 
‘ii iu * a ted, as it is much more marked on one, than on 
Hot • t ' le °ther side which corresponds to it, and does 
On y***t in all specimens; a similar spot is perceptible 
Obli? 0 Sec ond tail-feather, where it is, however, nearly 
the ,' la ted ; the feet are flesh colour, the nails blackish, 
\- s| is measuring three quarters of an inch. 
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et difference of any consequence is observable 
the sexes ; though it might be said that the 
Plun.; ls a little less in size, and rather duller iu 
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