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the tyes white ; wings black ; tail and legs brown. It in- 

 habits St Domingo. 



Afkicana ; African grofbcak. Varied with preenidi- 

 brown and grey, bent-ath white ; breall varied with brown ; 

 primary quill and lateral tail-feathers edged with rcddidi- 

 while, tlic outmoil with a white fpot. Inhabits the Cape 

 of Good Hope. 



Hvpox.^NTiiA ; Sumatra grofheak. Yellowifii ; front 

 and eye-brows pale yellow, quill and tail-feathers black, 

 edged with yellowilh. Inhabits Sumatra. 



C.WADESSIS ; Canada grofbeak. Le gros-bec di Cayenne, 

 BrilTon. Size of a houfe-fparrow ; bill afh-colour, and 

 the edges of it fomewliat projefting in the middle ; the up- 

 per parts of the plumage olive-green ; the under paler, and 

 luclininc; to yellow ; the feathers I'ound the bafe of the 

 bill, and the chin, blacky the legs are grey. It inhabits 

 Cayenne and Canada, as its different names figuify. 



)5uLPHURATA ; Brimftone groflieak. Olive-brown ; 

 throat and belly pale yellow ; eye-brows yellow ; it is about 

 fix inches in kngth, and inhabits in (locks near the Cape of 

 Good Hope, frequents tl;e banks of rivers, and builds a 

 pendulous neft, with a long neck beneath, in trees and 

 ihrubs. 



Flavinentkis ; Yellow-bellied grofbeak. Olive fpot- 

 ted with brown, beneath yellow ; quill and tail-feathers 

 brown, edged with olive ; above the eyes a yellow ftripe ; 

 the rump is olive coloured ; tail forked ; legs grey. Inha- 

 bits the Cape of Good Hope. There is a variety ; hind- 

 head, cheeks, and chin cinereous. 



■Coi.LAiiiA ; Nun grofljeak. Yellowilh ; bread and col- 

 lar yellow ; temples black. There is a variety with a 

 broader collar. Inhabits India and Angola. 



Grisea ; Grey grofoeak. Blue-grey, neck and front 

 white ; bifl and claws brown, legs reddilh. 



Bevgai.f.S'SI.s ; Le moineau de Bengale, Briffon. I'lUoiv- 

 headed Indian fparroiu, Edwards. Btngal grojbeah, Linn. 

 Grey ; crown yellow, temples whitifh ; belly whitifli ; fpot- 

 ted with brown. " This bird," fays fir William .Tones, '♦ is 

 exceedingly common in Hindooftan ; he is ailonifliingly fen- 

 fible, faithful, and docile ; never voluntarily deferting the 

 place wht-re his young are hatched, but not averfe, like moft 

 other birds, to the fociety of mankind ; ardeafily taught to 

 perch on the hand of his mailer. In a Hate of nature he 

 generally builds his nelt on the higheft tree he can find ; 

 efpecially on the Pa'myra, or on the Indian fig-tree, and he 

 prefers that which happens to overhang a well or a rivulet : 

 he makes it of graft;, which he weaves like cloth, and fliapes 

 like a bottle, fufpending it firmly on the brancliL'S ; but !o 

 as to rock with the wind, and placing it with its entrance 

 downward, to fecure it from the birds of prey. Its neft 

 iifually confifts of two or three chambers ; and it is popu- 

 larly believed that he lights them with fire-flics, which he is 

 faid to catch alive at night, and confine with moift clay or 

 with cow-dung. That fuch flies are often fuund in his neft, 

 where pieces of cow-dung are alfo ftuck, is indubitable ; 

 bat as their light could be of little ufe to him, it feems 

 probable that he only feeds on them. He may be taught 

 with eafe to fetch a piece of paper, or any fmall thing that 

 his mailer points out to him. It is an attelled faft, that if a 

 ring.be dropped into a deep well, and a Cgnal be given to 

 him, he will fly down with amazing celerity, catch the ring 

 before it touches the water, and bring it up to his raafter 

 with apparent exultation ; and it is confidently afferted, that 

 if a houfe, or any other p'ace, be (hewn to him once or twice, 

 he will carry a note thither immediately on a proper fignal 

 being made. The younr Hindoo women at Benares, and in 

 . other places, wear very thin plates of gold called I'lcas, 



(lightly fixed, by way of ornament, between their eye-brows; 

 and when they pafs through the ftrects, it is not uncommon 

 for the you hful libertines who amufe thcmfelves witli train- 

 ing theft birds, to give them a fignal which they underftand, 

 and fend them to p'uck the pieces of gold from the fore- 

 heads of their millrefies, which they bring in triumph to 

 their lovers. 



MALABAnicv ; Malabar grofbeak. Cinereous ; quill and 

 tail-feathers black ; chin and vent white ; the bill is black. 

 It inliabits India. 



AFit.\ ; Black-bellied groflieak. Beneath black ; head, 

 flanks, and tail-coverts yellow ; wings and tail brownifh. 

 It is found in Africa. 



Caffka. Tilack, quill-feathers brown ; fliowlders red ; 

 plumage filky ; bill brown-a(h ; quill-feathers at the edges 

 and coverts white ; tail longer than the body ; legs grey. 

 It is of the fize of a bull-finch, and inhabits the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



ToTTA. Quill and tail-feathers all black, the very 

 tips white ; the body is of a brownifli colour, but be- 

 neath is a pale orange ; front greenilh-brown ; it has fix 

 primary quill-feathers; eight fecor.dary ; ten tail-feathers 

 beneath footy ; (hanks yellowilh ; legs black. 



Indica ; Afh-headed grofbeak. Blackifh, beneath 

 whitilh ; head and neck cinereous ; tail tipt with white. 

 Inhabits India ; is very imall ; and has blue legs and bill. 



Asiatic'A ; Afiatic grofbeak. Reddilh-afn, beneath 

 cinereous ; belly pale red ; head, greater wing-covsrts, 

 quill-feathers, and tip of the tall black. It inhabits China, 

 and is the fize of a bull-finch. There is a variety ; 

 bluei(h-afli ; head, wing^, and tail black ; quill and two 

 middle tail-feathers and tip of the tail black. 



Canoka ; Brown-cheeked grofbeak. Dirty greenifh, 

 beneath cinereous ; cheeks brown, furroundcd with a 

 yellow fringe." It inhabits Mexico, and fings charmingly. 



Lineata ; Radiated grofbeak. Black, beneath white ; 

 fides of the body, and bafe of the primary quill-feathers, 

 tranfverfely ftreaked with white and black. 



Perlata ; Pearled grofbeak. Black, beneath brown ; 

 near the tail varied with white and black. It inhabits 

 Africa. 



Fasciata ; Fafciated grofbeak. Brownifh, with black 

 crefcents ; quill-feathers, tail, and cheeks brown, under 

 the chin a broad red band ; the bill is blueifli-grey, 

 and the le^^s are of a flefli-colour. It inhabits Africa. 



Cantans ; Warbling grofbeak. Brown, tranfverfely 

 lined with blackifli, beneath white ; tail brown, wedged. ■ 

 It inhabits Africa, and is about four inches long. A 

 variety of this fpecies has a yellowifli belly ; chm and 

 fides waved white and blackifh, and is named the Gambia 

 grofbeak. 



Mklanocepiiala ; B!ack-headed grofbeak. Pale yel- 

 low ; head black ; bill cinereous ; throat and irides black; 

 legs blue-afli. It is about fix inches long, and inhabits 

 Gambia. 



Erytiiromeas. Red ; head and chin black ; the bill is 

 black, white at the bafe ; tail rounded. Female above 

 greenifh-orange, mixed with red, beneath orange ; quUl-fca- 

 thers olive, the outer edge rufous. 



Coronata ; Black-crefted grofbeak. Scarlet, beneath 

 blue ; crefl on the head and fpot in the middleof the throat 

 black. It inhabits America. 



Cana ; Cinereous grofbeak. Hoary; quill and tail- 

 feathers brown, legs red; bill cinereous; greater quill-fea- 

 thers white at the bafe, blackifh at the tips ; tail blackifh, 

 edged with paleafli ; legs flelh colour. 



rillLlPPlNA; Philippine grofbeak. Brown, beneath 

 j^ yellowifhn 



