298, 



FASCINATING GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia fascinans.) 



Ij.Jusco-nigra suhtus alba, rectricibus exterioribus albis. 

 Brown-black Grosbeak, beneath, and with the outer tail-feathers 



white. 

 Loxia fascinans. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. XL VI. J. 

 Fascinating Grosbeak. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 197. 14. 



The manners of this bird are said to be very 

 pleasing, from whence it is called the fascinating 

 bird at Port Jackson in New South Wales, of 

 which place it is a native : it is rather larger than 

 the Bullfinch : the upper parts of the body dusky 

 black, inclining to brown : under parts white : two 

 outer tail-feathers white : legs and beak dusky. 



ASH-COLOURED GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia cinerea.) 



L. jiisco-nigricans, capite cristato, abdomine albido, pedibus ru- 

 bric. 



Brown-dusky Grosbeak, with the head crested, abdomen whitish, 

 and feet red. 



Loxia cinerea. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. XLV. 2. — Mus. Carls, fas. 

 4. t. 88. 



Ash-coloured Grosbeak. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 196. 10. 



One of the largest of the genus : the beak is 

 stout and pale : hind head crested : plumage above 



