Go iO. SBOE A kK, 
Genus XXXV. GROSBEA K. 
N° 1. Grenadier Gr. N° 10. Ath coloured Gr: 
2. Hudfonian Gr, 11.. Ferruginous Gr. 
3. Sociable Gr. 12.. Frontal Gr. 
4. Philippine Gr. 13. Muftachoe Gr. 
5. Sumatran Gr. 14. Blue-winged Gr.. 
6. Caffrarian Gr. 15. Fafcinating Gr. 
7. Fafciated Gr. 16. Black-lined Gr... 
8. Prafine Gr. 17. Nitid.Gre. 
g. Sunda Gr. 
Loxia orix, Ind. Orn. i. p. 376. ‘17. Var—=Spalowf. Vog. i. tab. 31 ?——Ger, Orns. 
iii. t. 323.—Daudin. Orn. ii. p: 377. 
Grenadier Grofbeak, Var. Gen. Syz. ui..p. 120. 16. Var... 
if may be obferved, from viewing the different figures a this bird, , 
that it varies greatly: In one of thefe faid to come from Senegal, , 
the black on the‘ chin was wanting; the tail fhort and brown, and 
the tail coverts fo long as to entirely hide the tail from-view: and in 
another irom the fame place, the fame circumftance of the length of 
tail coverts occurred; the black on the belly mixed with white, and 
the colour by no means of a deep red, but a fiery orange. 
Mr. Thunberg obferves, that thefe are feen at the Cape of Good Hope 
in immenfe flocks, near the rivers, and make the neft among the 
reeds; and that the eggs are perfectly green: the hen always grey ; 
but from Fuly to Fanuary the blood-red feathers of the male gradually 
appear ; they are faid firft to devour the bloffoms of the wheat, and 
afterwards the corn itfelf*. 
This {pecies is faid to be gregarious, and build their nefts in large 
focieties +. 
* Thunberg’s Travs iis p. 14. + Barrow’s Trav. p. 243> 
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