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INDIAN GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia boetonensis.) 



L. cristata rubra, rostri bast tectricibusque alarum obscurioribus , 

 rostro pedibusque Jiavis. 



Crested red Grosbeak, with the base of the beak and wing- 

 coverts more obscure ; beak and feet yellow. 



Loxia boetonensis. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 376- 15. 



Loxia Indica. Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 1. 847 • 



Coccothraustes Indica. Briss. 3. 252. 10. 



Indian Grosbeak, Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. lip. 14. 



Inhabits India : length eight inches : beak yel- 

 low, one inch in length : head crested : the whole 

 bird fine red, except the beak and wing-coverts, 

 which are dull red : legs yellow : toes long : claws 

 sharp and bent. 



