394 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



observed in Britain ; and a fourth species from Eastern Europe 

 is recorded by Bonaparte. Another species, is common in North 

 America, L. Americana. 



A remarkable bird, Psittirostra psittacea, from the Sandwich 

 Islands, is placed next Loxia by some systematists. It is green, 

 with the head and neck yellow, thus still more approximating 

 some of the Parrots ; and Bonaparte latterly placed near this bird 

 the Fringilla coccinea, of the Sandwich Isles, the type of the genus 

 Hypoloxias, Lichtenst. 



The next two genera might either be placed with the Cross- 

 bills, or the Hose-finches. Bonaparte puts them next the Cross- 

 bills ; Gray with the Rose-finches. The coloration of the males 

 is common to both groups, whilst that of the females more ap- 

 proximates the tints of the Cross-bills by its yellow tone. The 

 first noticed has more brilliant red plumage than any of the group. 



Gen. ELematosfiza, Blyth. 



Char. — Bill large, longer than deep, moderately bulged ; the 

 upper mandible distinctly curved and over-hanging, with a slight 

 subterminal notch ; wings with the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th primaries 

 sub-equal and longest, the 6th slightly shorter, and the 1st shorter 

 than the 5th; tail nearly even. 



This form, says the founder of the genus, leads from the 

 Grosbeaks to the Bull-finches; its coloring is distinctive and 

 remarkable. Only one species is known. 



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Haematospiza sipahi, Hodgson. 



Cory thus, apud Hodgson, As. Res. XIX. 151 — Horsf., Cat. 

 681 — H. boetonensis, Blyth, Cat. 663 — Gould, Birds of Asia, 

 pt. IV. pi. 12 — Phanying-pho bin, Lepch. — Labbia ma-phoo, Bhot. 



The Scarlet Grosbeak. 



Descr. — Male, brilliant scarlet, with the wings and tail dusky 

 brown, more or less scarlet edged ; the tibial feathers dark brown, 

 and the lower tail-coverts dashed with dusky. The female is 

 dusky brown ; the feathers broadly margined with dull greenish- 

 yellow; rump bright yellow; beneath pale olivaceous yellow, 



