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rci, and wants tlie whhe on the cheeks ; but the edge of 

 the wing is white ai well as the under tail-covtrts. It is 

 tlijught to be a Chinefe bird, by its being often met with 

 in the paper hangings of that country. Latham thinks this 

 tlie more likely, as he has feen it among foine Chinefe paint- 

 in~s, in uhich it bore the Eiame of '■ Hung-tzoy." 



Fl\bei.l^fkra ; Fan-tailed grofbeak. This fpecies is 

 the fize ot a fparrow ; length about five inches. Bill Itout 

 and du/lcy ; the upper parts of the body are reddifti-iroivn, 

 ))alell on the rump ; the under the fame, but fomcwhat 

 paler, and more inclined to red ; quills, tail, and legs dulky. 

 One of thcfc birds had a grey bread and belly. They in- 

 liabit Virginia, where they are called fan-tails, and con- 

 tinually carry the tail fpread in an horizontal dircftion. 



P.\sicivoka; Wliite-winged grofbeak. Black; fpuri- 

 ous wings black ; bill flelh-colour. It inhabits Africa, and 

 is feven inches and a half long. 



Mal.^cca ; Ma'acca grolheak. Bay ; head and belly 

 black ; bill blue ; the breall and flanks are white ; and 

 the legs are brown It inhabits Java and China, and is 

 rather more than four inches long. There is a variety 

 that is ferruginous, head and lower part of the neck 

 Lhch. 



Molucca ; Molucca grofbeak. Browniih ; head, throat, 

 and t iil-feathers black ; the bill is black ; hind-head 

 '. ro'.vn ; rump waved white and black ; wings and legs 

 bi'own. It inhab;ts the Molucca ifles. 



PuNCTL'LARiA ; Cowry grofbeak. Bay; belly black, 

 fpotteJ with white ; the bill and legs black ; hind-head 

 and back reddifli-brown ; breall and flanks black,- with 

 hearted vvhi^e fpots, m;ddie of the belly and vent white. 

 It inhabits Java. 



UsDULATA ; Eaflern grofbeak. Brown-red, beneath 

 waved with brown ; the tad is a pale rcd-afh. It i habits 

 Afia ; is fix inches long. The bill is fhort and flrong. 



Ho!inE.vCE.\ ; Yellow-rumned grofbeak. Tawny ; tem- 

 ples white ; tail and brealt black. Inhabits India. 



SANCUiNiaosTRis ; Red-billed grofbeak. Crey, be- 

 neath white ; bill and legs red ; ttie front and face arc 

 black ; breatl ai^d belly pale ochre ; the feathers are fome- 

 tinics bhckifh in the middle ; wtngs and tail brown. It in- 

 habits fome parts of Africa and Afia. 



AsTRiLD ; Waxed-bill grofbeak. Brown waved with 

 Wackiih ; bill, orbit, and brealt fcarlet. It inhabits the 

 Canaries, America, and Africa ; is about four inches long ; 

 hides itfelf under grafs and herbs, and. feeds on feeds. 

 There are two other varieties, -viz. i. Rump and vent 

 fcarlet. 2. Beneath rofy-white ; crown, neck, and back 

 'blue ; a fcarlet band acrofs the eyes. 



I.EUCURA ; White-tailed grofbeak. Bill and legs red ; 

 liead and wing-coverts cinerenis ; back yellow ; brealt and 

 belly ycllowifh ; tail white, the outmoll feathers black. It 

 inhabits Brazi', and is three inches long. 



CyANE.\ ; Angola blue grofbeak. Blue ; wings and 

 tail black ; the bill is of a lead-colour, irides hazel^ legs 

 Wack. It ifthabits Angola. 



ViRES-s. Greeniih ; Ihoulders blue ; wings and tail black, 

 «dged with green. It mhabi"s Surinam. 



Akgolexsis ; Angila grofbeak. Black-blue ; belly fer- 

 TUj^inous ; wings with a white fpot ; the bill is black ; 

 ■wings edged with white ; legs purplifh-flefh-colour. Found 

 in and near .Angola. 



Ferruginea ; Brown-headed grofbeak. Head and chin 

 brown ; body above black, beneath ferruginous ; even tail 

 and quill-feathers black, edged with yellow ; the bill is of 

 a horn colour, and the legs are pale ; its length is about fix 

 ischcs* 



Melakuiia ; Grey-necked grofbeak. Head and tail 

 black ; neck above brown ; throat and vent grey ; belly 

 reddifh ; vent white ; quill-feathers black, the primaries near 

 the tip, and the fecondaries on the inner edge, are white. It 

 inhabits China, and is the fize t>f the hawfinch. The head 

 of the female is grey. 



Auuantia; Orange grofbeak. Ora-igc ; crown black ; 

 quill and tail-feathers black, edged wilh orange The female 

 has the whole head, and forc-part of the neck, black ; the 

 under part of the body white ; the rcfl of the body orange 

 but lefs bright ; and the quills edged with grey. It inha- 

 bits the ifle of Bourbon, but fome fpecimens have been feiit 

 from the Cape. 



ToRRiDA ; White-billed grofbeak. Black ; breafl and 

 beily bay ; middle tail-feathers very long. It inhabits South 

 America. 



LiNEOLA ; Lineated grofbeak. Black ; the frontal line 

 and temples are white. The body above is black-blue, and 

 beneath it is white; bill black, with a white fpot above the 

 upper mandible ; tail is forked ; quill-feathers black, the 

 primary white at the anterior bafe. It is found \a many 

 parts of Afia and Africa. 



Ha.mburoia; Hamburgh grofbeak. Head and neck 

 chefnut above; chin, band in the middle of the white throat, 

 and rounded tail, brown ; l)ack, breaft, and rump yellowifn- 

 brown, fpotted with black ; belly, vent, and two bands on 

 the wing-coverts, white. It is about fix inches long ; inha- 

 bits Hamburgh and its neighbourhood; feeds on infedts, and 

 climbs trees like a creeper. 



Me.xicana ; Yellow-headed grofbeak. Spotted with 

 brown ; front, chin, rump, and eye-brows pale yellow. 

 It inhabits New Spain, and is nearly fix inches long. 



* Chloris; Greenfinch. This is a well-known bird ; the 

 colour is a yellowifh-green, paleft on the rump and breaft, 

 and inclining to white on the belly : the quills are edged 

 with yellow, and the four outer tail-feathers are yellow 

 from the middle to the bafe ; the bill is pale brown and 

 flout ; and the legs are fleth- colour. The female incline* 

 more to brown. 



The greenfinch is common in Great Britain, and makes • 

 its neft in fome low bufli, hedge, &c. corapofed of dry 

 grafs, lined with hair and wool ; the fema'e lays five or 

 fix eggs, marked at the larger end with red-brown : fhe it 

 fo anxious and careful of her charge during incubation, 

 that file is often taken on the iiell. The male takes his 

 turn in fitting on the eggs. The greenfinch foon becomes 

 tame ; even old birds are familiar almoll as foon as they are 

 caught. It is apt to grow blind, hke the chaffinch, if much 

 expofed to the fun ; it flies in troops in winter, and lives 

 five or fix years. 



It^is common in many parts of Europe, but in RufTia it 

 is rarely feen, and never in Siberia, hence it is imagined 

 that it fhifts its quarters according to the fcafcn. It is 

 common in the northern parts of England and in many 

 parts of Scotland. 



Sinensis; Chinefe grofbeak. Head and neck greenifh- 

 grey ; back pale brown ; primary quill-feathers, the firfl 

 half yellow, lower part black ; ficondiTies within black, 

 without grey, vent yellow. It inhabits China. 



BuTYRACEA; Yellow-fronted grofbeak. Greenifh; head 

 and back fpotted with black, beneath yellow ; bill, tail, 

 quill-feathers, and legs black. The front, eye-brows, 

 and temples are yellow ; fpots on the female brown aini 

 the tail tipt with white. It is found in India and at the 

 Cape. 



Do.MiNENSis; St. Domingo grcfbeak. Greeti-brown, be- 

 neath pale rufous, fpotted with brown ; veut and area cf 



