upper mandible : plumage black, except a little white on the
fore part of the wing, and bafe of the two firft quills : legs
black.
Place. Inhabits Mexico.
61.
THICK-BILLED g j z E ,0f a Bulfincb : length five inches three quarters. The
D escription. kill is of a large fize, and deeper than it is long, being
three quarters of an inch from the bafe on the forehead to that
of the under jaw: .the bafe o f the upper mandible paJTes
backward fome way on the foreheads about one-third from the
tip is a deep notch j 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 whitiih.
In Mr. Tunjlal’s colledtionn Native place uncertain.
62.
BLACK- Mr. Mdf.
BREASTED GR.
D escription, g I Z E of the leaft Titmoufe : length fcarcely four inches. Bill
black: the plumage on the upper parts in general 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; the feathers rather lharp at the ends : legs brown.
This is in the Britijh Mufeum, and I believe came from fome
part of America.
Loxia lineola, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 304.. 25.
63.
LINEATED GR.
C I Z E of a Titmoufe. Bill black, gibbous; at the bafe of
° the upper mandible a fpot of white, and a white line from
the forehead to the crown t the plumage on the upper parts is
glofly blue-black ; beneath white: the quills black ; bafe of the
prime ones white, forming a fpot of white on the wing: tail
black* bifurcated.
Inhabits AJta»
Le Bouvreuil d* Hamburg, Brif» orn. iii. p. 314* 2*
Lfe Hambouvreux, Buf. oif. iv. p. 398.
Hamburg Tree Creeper, Albin. iii. pi. 24.
C I Z E of a Bulfinch : length five inches three quarters. Bill
black: irides yellow; upper part of the head and neck red-
■ dilh brown, with a purplilh tinge: throat brown r fore part of
the neck white, acrofs the middle of it a brown band : breaft,
back, rump, fcapulars., and upper tail coverts, yellowifh brown,
marked with black; belly, fides, thighs, and vent, white : on
the wing coverts two white bands : quills yellowilh brown : tail
•dull brown, and rounded in lhape.
This Is fa'id to be found about Hamburg, running up and
down the trees like a Creeper or Titmoufe, and to feed on infe&s.
Loxia melanocephala, Lin. Syji. i. p. 305. N° 34.'
Le Gros-becde Gamble, Brif» orn. iii. p. 230. N° 5.
Grofbeak from Gambia, Albin. iii. pi. 62.
T E N G T H fix inches and a quarter. Bill cinereous : irides
black : head, throat, and fore part of the neck, black : reft
y of
D escription.
Place.
St HAMBURG
GR.
D e s c r i p t io n .
Placets
GAMBIA GR
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