Grog: BA. 119 
together great hoards of thefe, often as much as a bufhel, which 
it artfully covers with leaves and fmall twigs, leaving only a 
fall hole for its entrance into the magazine *; is alfo fond of 
bees. It comes the beginning of April into New York and the 
Ferfeys, and frequents the Maguolia {wamps during the fummer : 
in autumn departs towards Carolina. Is pretty tame, frequently 
hopping along the road before the traveller. It is not gregarious, 
fcarce ever more than three or four being met with together. 
From their being familiar birds, attempts have been made to 
breed them in cages, but it has been without fuccefs +. 
Le Gros-bec des Indes, Brz/. orm. iii. p. 252. N° 16. 
4. 
P&itt. crift. ruber, minor ex infwla Boetenfi, Seba, i. t. 60. f. 4. INDIAN GR. 
IGGER than the Hawfinch: length eight inches. Bill one  Descrirrion. 
inch, and yellow: the head is crefted: the whole plumage 
fine red: the bafe of the bill, and wing coverts, more dull than 
the reft: legs yellow: toes long: claws fharp and bent. 
Inhabits India. Pace. 
Loxia Madagafcarienfis, Liz. Sy/t.i. p. 300. N° 6. 
Le Cardinal de Madagafcar, Brif. orn. p. 112. N® 20, pl. 6. f. 2. 
Le Foudis, Buf. off. iit. p. 495. j 
Moineau de Madagafcar, Pl. enl. 134. f. 2. 
MADAGASCAR 
GR. 
IZE of a Houfe Sparrow : length five inches and a third. Descriptions, 
Bill dufky : through the eye a ftreak of black { : general co- 
* Hift. dela Louif, + Albin. 4 This is wanting in the P/, enl, 
lour ‘ 
