quOls dark brown ; large patch occupying cheeks and ear-coverts and under tail- 

 coverts white ; belly, sides, flanks, thighs and under wing-coverts dark vinous, tinged 

 with pink ; under side of wing grey : bill crimson, with white margins and tip ; iris 

 reddish brown ; lids red ; feet pinkish flesh colour: length 5"2, wing 2'S, tail 1'9, 

 tars. 0-7, culm. 0-6. Plate I. fig. 1. 



Female. Similar in every detail : length 4'75, wing 2'7, tail 19, tars. 1-7, culm. 0'6. 

 Plate I. fig. 2. 



WITH BLACK HEADS. 



Male. Head entirely black with faint indication of the white patch on cheeks and 

 ear-coverts ; entire upper parts and breast dark slaty grey ; in the centre of belly a 

 blackish lunar patch ; belly greyish vrhite ; under tail-coverts white. PI. II. fig. 1. 

 supposed 2 of authors. 



Female. Similar, with less black on the centre of belly, the vinous blended into the grey 

 of breast and white of under tail-coverts. 



Young Bird. Upper parts and chest pale slaty grey, tinged with buff", palest on the 

 margins of the feathers, darkest on the crown ; primaries and tail dark slaty brown ; 

 cheeks, chin, centre of belly, thighs and under tail-coverts white, tinged with bufi"; 

 a few upper tail-coverts black : bill and legs pale fleshy-brown, reddish on the culmen. 

 " iris brownish-red," ( Bernstein). 



PI. II. fig. 2. This is Loxia javensis, Sparrm. and Fadda verecunda, Rchb. 



Toung. Upper parts and chest dark slaty grey, strongly tinged with reddish brown, 

 darkest on the crown; primaries and tail slaty brown; cheeks, chin and under 

 tail-coverts whitish, tinged wiih pale rufous ; belly and flanks pale rufous-brown, 

 paler in the centre : bill and legs pale fleshy brown, tinged with pink on the culmen. 



PI. II. fig. 3. 



Observ. Having carefully examined a large series of adult specimens, I am enabled to say 

 that it is almost impossible to distinguish the male from the female when alive, even 

 in dimensions, the males vary as much as the females, therefore it would be useless to 

 take the size as a guide for the selection of either sex, and doubtless large numbers 

 of people who purchase supposed pairs, in most instances get two males or two 

 females. 



The birds with black heads have been described and figured by many authors as 

 a variety, and by others as the female, now I have carefully dissected a number of 

 these and found both male and female are alike, at the same time I have searched 

 for an account of the black headed birds in a state of nature, and failed, but they do 



