234 GROSBEAK. 



27— CHINESE GROSBEAK. 



Loxia Sinensis, Ind. Orn. i. 383. Gm. Lin. i. 855. Daud. ii. 426. Skate's Zool. ix. 311. 

 Le Verdier de la Chine, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. 202. 

 Chinese Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. iii. 135. 



THIS is not unlike the Green Grosbeak. Bill greenish yellow ; 

 head and neck greenish grey ; back and wing coverts light brown ; 

 edge of the wing black ; second quills black, the outer edges grey ^ 

 prime quills yellow half way from the base, the rest of the length 

 black, the tips grey ; belly dirty rufous; vent yellow; tail black, 

 tipped .with white; legs greenish yellow. — Inhabits China. 



28 —YELLOW-FRONTED GROSBEAK. 



Loxia butyracea, Ind. Orn.'i. 183. Lin.'x. 304. Gm. Lin.i. 855. Daud. ii. 427. 

 Verd brunet, Verdier du Cap. de B. E. Buf. iv. 1S2. PI. enl. 341. 1. 

 Yellow-fronted Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. iii. 136. 



LENGTH nearly five inches. Bill dusky black ; irides brown ; 

 plumage above green ; head and neck spotted with black ; over each 

 eye a yellow line, beginning at the base of the billj and a second 

 diverging from beneath the eye, but not touching it; under parts 

 all yellow; quills, tail, and legs, black. 



The female has the forehead yellow ; above the eye a yellow line ; 

 the rest of the plumage above green, spotted with brown ; beneath 

 yellow ; tail blackish, a little forked, and tipped with white ; bill 

 and legs black. 



In another, the bill and legs were pale, but the plumage greatly 

 corresponded, the quills had yellow margins, and pale tips ; lesser 

 wing coverts black, edged with green ; tail as in the other, tipped 

 with white. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope ; the one described by Linnasus 

 came from India. 



