THE 
CRESTED DOMINICAN CARDINAL. 
Generic Character. 
Bill flrong, convex above and below, very thick 
at the bafe. 
Nojin'Is fmall and round. 
Tongue generally truncated at the tip. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Adi-coloured crefled Grofbeak, white beneath, 
with crimfon head and throat. 
CRESTED CARDINAL. 
Brown's illujl. of zool. pi. 23. 
Miller's plates, 22. 
< 
Le CARDINAL DOMINIQUAIN. 
Planches JLnluminees, 103. 
CRESTED DOMINICAN Grofbeak. 
Lath. syn. 3. p. 123. a. 
This elegant bird is now allowed to conftitute a 
diftinct fpecies from the Loxia Dominicana, of 
which it was once considered as a variety. It has 
been beautifully figured in Mr. Miller’s work enti¬ 
tled Cimelia Phyfica as well as in the Planches Enlu- 
L 2 
\ 
minecs 
