152 CLASS AVES. 



Loxia Variegata. Vieil. Ois. Chant, pi. 51, 



Head, cheeks, and throat, black ; croup and beneath, 

 white, with vermiculated stripes ; above, gray-brown, 

 shaded with yellow. 



Loxia puncfularia. Vieil. pi. D. 14. f. 1. Diet. 

 d'Hist. Nat. 



Head, top of neck, back and wings, brown moronne ; 

 front of neck, chest, and flanks, varied with white 

 marks, surrounded by a blackish border. India. 



White-headed Grosbeak. Lath. Looeia Maia. Gm. 

 PI. Enl. 109. 1. 



Head and neck, dirty white ; body above, wings, and 

 tail, chestnut brown ; belly and vent, blackish. Ma- 

 lacca, China, Java. 



Striated Grosbeak. Lath. Loooia Striata. Gm. pL 

 Enl. 153. 1. 



Head, neck, and above, brown ; throat and neck before, 

 blackish ; beneath, from breast, white. Bourbon, 

 Java. 



Nitid Grosbeak. Lath. Looeia nitida. Ind. Orn. 

 Vieil. Ois. Ch. 60. 



Bill and irides, crimson ; plumage in general, pale 

 olive-brown above ; dusky white beneath. Australasia. 



Malacca Grosbeak. Lath. Loxia Malacca. Gm. 

 PI. Enl. 139. 3. 



Head, neck, middle of belly, and under tail-coverts, 

 black ; breast and sides of belly, white '■, back, wings, 

 and tail, chestnut. Java. 



