L O X I A. 
go; Loxia maculata, the fpotted grosbeak. Size of the 
yellow-hammer. Bill pale, with a dufky tip ; the plum¬ 
age on the upper parts dulky ; every feather, except the 
greater coverts and quills, fpotted at the end with white ; 
the under parts marked with dufky ftreaks ; over the eye 
is a pale ftreak; the outer tail-feathers have the outer 
webs white almoft to the tip, and a white fpoton the in¬ 
ner web near the tip ; both quills and tail are fringed on 
the outer web with dufky white; legs pale brown. Na¬ 
tive of North America. 
81. Loxia obfcura, the dufky grofbeak : head, neck, 
and back, dufky, edged with pale brown ; wing-coverts 
dufky, eroded with two bars of white ; quills green ; mid¬ 
dle of the throat white ; fides of the bread, and lides of 
the belly, white, fpotted with brown. Found at New 
York, in the month of June. 
8 a. Loxia Hudfonica, the Hudfon’s-Bay grofbeak: 
brown ; belly white ; fides fpotted with brown ; wing- 
coverts with two red bands. Short ftrong bill and legs 
brown ; feathers of the back and rump, fecondary quill 
and tail feathers, edged with pale rufous ; tail a little fork¬ 
ed. Inhabits Hudfon’s Bay ; five inches long. 
83. Loxia Capenfis, the Cape grofbeak. Size of a chaf¬ 
finch : length fix inches and a quarter. Bill very flout, 
and of a dufky colour; the head, neck, upper part of the 
back, and under parts of the body, and tail, are of a deep 
black ; the feathers of the head fhort, like plufh or vel¬ 
vet ; the {boulders of the wings, and lower part of the 
back and rump, of a fine deep yellow ; the reft of the 
wings reddifh brown, edged with grey; the greater quills 
with yellow; the feathers round the knee are pale brown; 
the legs dufky. Inhabits the coafts of Coromandel; and 
is alfo frequently brought from the Cape of Hope. Buf- 
fon has, by miftake, made two fpecies of this bird. 
84. Loxia nigra, the black grofbeak. Size of a canary- 
bird ; length five inches and a quarter. Bill black,, ftout, 
and deeply notched in the middle of the upper mandible ; 
plumage black, except a little white on the fore-part of 
the wing, and bafe of the two firfi quills; legs black. 
Native of Mexico. 
85. Loxia crafliroftris, the thick-billed grofoeak. Size 
of a bullfinch ; length five inches three quarters. The 
bill is of a large fize, and deeper than it is long, being 
th ree quarters of an inch from the bafe on the forehead 
to that of the under jaw ; the bafe of the upper mandible 
paffes backward fome way on the forehead ; about one 
third from the tip is a deep notch, the colour of the bill 
a pale yellow ; the plumage is wholly black, except the 
bottoms of the quills, which are white, forming a fpot 
on the wing; tail two inches long; bafe of the middle 
feathers white: legs whitifh. 
86. Loxiaregulus, the crimfon crafted grofbeak : black; 
wings with a white fpot; hind-htad with a crimlon creft- 
like band. Bill very thick and ftrong. 
87. Loxia Americana, the American grofbeak. Size 
of the fmalleft titmoufe ; length not four inches. Bill 
black; the plumage on the upper parts black; beneath 
white, except a band of black acrofs the breaft, above 
which the white paffes in a narrow crefcent almoft round 
the neck; on the wings are two bands of white; tail 
rounded, and black ; legs brown. This is in the Britifh 
Mufeum ; and came from America. 
88. Loxia caerulea, the blue grofbeak. Size of the bull¬ 
finch ; length fix inches. Bill half an inch, ftout, brown ; 
the bafe lurrounded with black feathers, which reach on 
each lide as far as the eye; the whole plumage befides is 
of a deep blue, except the quills and tail, which are 
brown, with a mixture of green ; and acrofs the wing- 
coverts a band of red; legs dufky. There are two other 
varieties of this bird ; one wholly blue, inhabiting Brafil; 
the other blue and black, from Angola. The female is 
brown, with a very little mixture of blue. 
g9- Loxia orix, the grenadier grolbeak. Size of a 
chaffinch. The forehead, fides of the head, and chin, are 
black; breaft and belly the fame ; wings brown, with 
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pale edges ; the reft of the body of a beautiful', red co¬ 
lour; round the knee pale brown ; legs pale. Thefe are 
inhabitants of St. Helena, and are alfo in plenty at the 
Cape of Good Hope, frequenting watery places where 
reeds grow, among which they make the neft. The ap¬ 
pearance of thefe birds among the green reeds has a won¬ 
derful effdft; for, from the brightnefs of their colours, 
they appear like fo many fcarlet lilies. 
90. Loxia erythrina, the red-capped grofbeak. Size ef 
the greenfinch, but the head fmaller ; length near five 
inches. Bill horn-colour; between that and the eyes ci¬ 
nereous grey ; head, neck, and throat, red ; lower part 
of the neck whitifh ; nape and back cinereous, with a 
reddifh caft ; wing-coverts brown, edged witli red ; quills 
brown, margined with luteous ; the under parts white, 
tinged with red on the breaft and fides; tail forked ; legs 
brown. The female is wholly of a yellowifh afh-colour 
on the upper parts, marked on the crown with yellowifli 
fpots ; fides of the head almoft white; chin white; oh 
the neck a few obfeure brown markings ; tail dufky brown, 
margined with grey. This inhabits the thick woods 
about the Volga and Samara, where it is called the red 
fparrow ; it makes a neft of hay between the branches of 
trees ; is found in fmall numbers in winter among the 
flocks of fnowflakes; and feeds on the feeds of plants. 
It is alfo met with in Siberia, about the river Tomfk. 
91. Loxia flafriingo, the flamingo grofbeak. Bill red, 
furrounded with feathers tipped with black ; forehead and 
fpace round the eyes white ; the reft of the head above 
fine rofe-colour; fides of the head and neck the fame, but 
deeper; fore part of the neck, breaft, and belly, pale rofe- 
colour, very much like the flamingo ; the third and fourth 
quills black ; the tips of the lower order of wing-coverts 
dufky, forming a bar of the fame on the wing; on the 
rump a fpot of black; the upper furface of the tail pale 
foot-colonr ; the reft of.the body, viz. back, thighs, un¬ 
der part of the tail, and the reft of the wings, white; legs, 
fangtiineous. Brought from Upfal in Sweden. 
9a. Loxia violacea, the purple grofbeak. Size of a 
fparrow ; length five inches three quarters. Bill black ; 
plumage violet black, except the hides, a ftreak over the 
eye, the chin, and the vent, which are red; legs dufky 
grey. The female is brown where the male is black, anil 
the red not £0 bright. Native of the Bahama iflands, Ja¬ 
maica, and the warmer parts of America; 
93. Loxia grofla, the white-throated grofbeak. Seven 
inches and a half in length. Bill very ftout and red ; ge¬ 
neral colour of the plumage deep blue; the bill is fur- 
rounded with black, which paffes downwards beforehand' 
covers the fore part of the neck ; in the middle of this, 011 
the chin and throat, is a large patch of white ; legs dufky- 
blue colour. The female has lefs of the white on tile 
chin ; and this is not furrounded with black as in the 
male. The bills in both have a procefs- on each fide of 
the upper mandible, about the middle of the edges; wiiicii 
circumftance is not noticed in Button, and is more confi- 
derabie than in that figured by Briffon. Thefe fpecimens 
are in the Britifh Mufeum; and are faid to have come 
from Surinam, where they are named corn-biters. 
94. Loxia minima, the dwarf grofbeak. Size of a wren. 
Bill very fliort and thick; upper parts of the plumage 
brown 5 rump and under parts teftaceous; prime quids 
white at the bafe ; fecondaries white on the infide, to¬ 
wards the bafe ; tail even ; the featners fomewhat tharp 
at the tip, and of a pale colour. Inhabits Surinam in 
South America, and is found in China and the Ealt 
Indies. 
95. Loxia fufea, the brown grofbeak. Size of a canary- 
bird. Bill fliort and thick, and of a lead-colout ; the 
head and upper parts of the body brown ; the under of a 
pale afh-colour; vent pure white ; the quills dufky black 3 
the bafe of eight of the middle quills white ; tail the co¬ 
lour of the quills, with palifn ends; legs pale. Inhabits 
Africa and Bengal. 
96. Loxia guuata 5 the New-Holland grofbeak5 brown; 
breaft 
