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AFRICAN GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia africana.) 



L. viridi-fusco griseoque variegata, subtus alba, tectricibus alarum 



nifis, rectrice extima macula alba. 

 Green-brown Grosbeak, variegated with grey, beneath white, 



with the wing-coverts rufous, and the outer tail-feathers with 



a white spot. 

 Loxia africana. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 856. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



384. 43. 

 Le Verdier sans Vert. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 1 86. 

 African Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 137. 40. 



Near six inches and a half in length : upper 

 parts of the body olive-brown and grey, mixed ; 

 upper wing-coverts rufous : greater quills edged 

 with rufous white ; secondaries with pale rufous : 

 under parts of the body white, varied on the breast 

 with brown : tail olive-brown ; the outer feathers 

 edged with rufous white, and the most exterior 

 one with a white spot near the tip. This bird has 

 a very great affinity to the common Greenfinch, 

 but is very different in colour : it comes from the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



