BRITISH BIRDS* 133 
THE GROSBEAK. 
HAWFINCH. 
( Loxia Coccothraujles , hm.—~-Le Grot-bee, Buff.) 
Length near feven inches : Bill of a horn co- 
lour, conical, and prodigioufly thick at the bafe ; 
eyes afh- coloured ; the fpace between the bill and 
the eye, and from thence to the chin and throat, is 
black ; the top of the head is of a reddifh cheftnut, 
as are alfo the cheeks, but fome what paler ; the 
back part of the neck is of a greyifh afh colour ; 
the back and leffer wing coverts cheftnut ; the 
greater wing coverts are grey, in fome almoft 
white, forming a band acrofs the wing ; the quills 
are all black, except fome of the fecondaries near- 
eft the body, which are brown ; the four outer 
quills feem as if cut off at the ends; the prime 
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