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SPOTTED GROSS-BEAK. 
(PL XI.) 
LENGTH 
Four inches and a half; bill three-eighths, and of a bright red ; eye the same ; lashes 
flesh colour; forehead, crown, back of the neck, and part of cheeks, grey ; from 
base of beak to eye a black patch ; chin white ; fore part of the neck black, with a 
few white spots on each side above the shoulder; underwings a deep black, with 
oval white spots ; breast, belly, and vent, white; back and wings greyish brown ; 
rump and tail coverts bright crimson ; tail black and a little forked ; legs and claws 
dark grey. 
FEMALE 
Nearly the same, but less bright in plumage. 
INHABITS 
Forests near Paramatta ; frequenting the sides of hills and barren places. 
REMARKS. 
These birds go in small flights in winter, and visit the gardens and other cultivated 
grounds. 
