158 
83. 
MINUTE GR. 
DeEscRIPTION. 
Place. 
$4. 
DWARF GR. 
DEscRIPTIONo 
PLaceke 
GROSS BE A K. 
Loxia minuta, La. Sy. 1. p. 307. 47. 
Le Bec-rond a ventre roux, Buf. oi/. iv. p. 390. 
Bouvreuil 4 ventre roux de Cayenne, Pi, enl. 319. f. 2. 
Grey Loxia, Bancr. Guian. p. 179. 
Br. Muf. 
IZE of a Wren. Bill ftout, thick, fhort, brown: upper 
parts of the plumage grey brown: the under parts and rump 
ferruginous chefnut: the fourth, fifth, and fixth quills white at 
the bafe*: legs brown. 
Inhabits Surinam and Cayenne. 
This bird is faid to keep paired to its mate the whole year; 
and is a lively, and not very tame bird: frequents habitations, 
efpecially lands which have lain for fome time uncultivated : 
lives both on fruits and feeds: cries like a Sparrow, but fharper : 
makes a roundifh neft, the hollow of which is two inches in 
diameter, compofed of a reddifh herb, and placed on the trees 
which it frequents. ‘The female lays three or four eggs. 
Loxia minima, Liz. Sp/. i. p. 307. 45. 
IZE ofa Wren. Bill very fhort and thick: the upper parts 
of the plumage are brown: rump and under parts teftaceous : 
prime quills white at the bafe ; fecondaries white on the infide, 
towards the bafe: tail even; the feathers fomewhat fharp at the 
tip, where they are of a pale colour. 
Inhabits Surinam. 
* Mem. In the Pl. exl. the white {pot, which would appear from the bafe of the 
quills, is not exprefied. 
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