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WAX-BILL GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia astrilda.) 



L. griseaffusco undulata, rostro, orbitisque coccineis. 



Grey Grosbeak with brown undulations, the beak and orbits 



crimson. 

 Loxia astrilda. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 303. 21 . — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 



852. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 392. 75. 

 Senegalus striatus. Briss. 3. 210. 64. t. 10.^/. 5. 

 Le Senegali raye. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 101. I.f. 2.— Buff. 



PI. Enl. 157./. 2. 

 Wax-bill Grosbeak. Edwards. 179. 354. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 



152. 71. A. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 198. 18. 

 j3. subtus albida, uropygio crissoque coccineis. 

 Beneath whitish, with the rump and vent crimson. 

 Le Serevan. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 103. 

 Moineau du Senegal. Buff. PI. Enl. 230. f. 3. 

 Red-rumped Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 153. — Brown. III. 



t.29. 

 y. subtus uropygioque incarnata. 

 Beneath and with the rump rose-coloured. 

 Le petit moineau du Senegal. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 104. — 



Biff. PI. Enl. 230. /. 2. 

 White-rumped Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 153. 71. B. 



This is one of the most variable birds of the 

 genus : it is four inches in length : beak gibbous at 

 the base, and the colour of red sealing-wax : in co- 

 lour this bird varies exceedingly ; it is often found 

 with a streak of red passing through the eye ; and 

 with the middle of the breast and belly the same 

 colour : the upper parts of the body brown, the 

 under reddish grey, crossed with transverse black- 

 ish lines on every part: legs, quills, and tail, brown; 



