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and nape deep bright chesnut : over the eyes a white 

 streak, tending to the hind-head : cheeks white : 

 throat, neck before, and a narrow belt on the breast, 

 black : middle of the belly white : sides marked with 

 large spots. 



Sp. 5. Pa. arcuatus, 



Fringilla arcuata. Steph. v. \yi.p. 530.— Southeru Africa. 

 Sp. 6. Pa. Capensiso 



Emberiza flaviventris. /3. Steph. v. ix. p, 374. — Southern 

 Africa. 



Sp. 7. Pa. elegans. 

 Fringilla elegans. Steph. v. ix. p. 465.— Africa. 



Sp. 8. Pa. oryx. 



Loxia oryx. Steph. v. ix. p. 240. pi. 44. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 9. Pa. erythrocephalus. 



Loxia erythrocephala. Steph. v. ix. p. 263. — Angola. 

 Sp. 10. Pa. Madagascariensis. 



Loxia Madagascariensis. Steph. v. ix. p. 244. — Madagascar. 

 Sp. 1 1 . Pa. Australis. 



Loxia Capensis. Steph. v. ix. p. 288. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 12. Pa- cruciger. 

 ¥a. Jusco-grisea infra albida ; malis et regione'^aurium albis; lined 



nigra longitudinali a hasi rostri ad crissum, alteraque trans- 



versd pectoralis. 

 Grey-brown Sparrow beneath whitish j with the cheek and the 



region of the ears white ; a black longitudinal line from the 



base of the beak to the vent, and another transverse one on 



the breast. 

 Fringilla cruciger. Temm. PL Col. 269. yi \. — Duree Finch. 



Lath. Gen. Hist. v. vi. 115.^/. xcvii. 



Inhabits Bengal. Length four inches and a half : 

 the cheeks and the feathers on the ears are ashy- 

 white : the forehead, part of the top of the head and 

 the sides of the breast are whitish : the rest of the 



