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STRIATED GR. 
DescRIPTION. 
PLACE. 
50. 
+ COWRY GR. 
DEscRIPTION. 
PLACE. 
OBSERVATION. 
GRO S BOG AK. 
Loxia flriata, Liz.. Sy. i. p. 306. N° 37. 
Le Gros-bec de I’Ifle de Bourbon, Brif. orn. iti. p. 243. N° 11. pl. 13. f, 4.—= 
PI Wenlicaintente 
OT much bigger than a Wren: length three inches two- 
thirds. Bill dufky: head, and upper part of the body, 
browa, with adafh of paler rufous brown down each fhaft: throat, 
and fore part of the neck, blackifh: from the breaft to the vent 
white: quills and tail blackifh brown: legs blackifh. 
Found in the [le of Bourbon. 
Loxia puntularia, Liz. Syf. i. p. 302. N° 18. 
Le Gros-bec tacheté de Java, Brif. orn. iii. p. 238. N° g. pl. 13. f. 2.—P/. 
enl. 139. f. 1. 
Chinefe Sparrow, Adin. ii. pl, 53. 
Gowry Bird, Edw. pl. 40. 
Br. Muf. Lev. Muf, 
EN GTH four inches and a quarter. Bill dufky: fore 
part of the head, and fides, throat, and fore part of the 
neck, chefnut: hind part of the head, and reft of the upper 
parts, rufous brown; the rump feathers edged with grey : breaft 
and fides dufky, marked with cordated white fpots : middle of 
the belly, and vent, white: legs dufky. 
Inhabits the ifland of Fava. 
The five laft defcribed, are by Buffen fuppofed to belong to each 
other, either as varieties or fexual differences; but how, he does 
not determine; he thinks it however probable, that the males 
are thofe whofe bellies are fpotted, and the females the plain- 
beilied ones. 
Loxia 
