246 GROSBEAK. 



mixed ; round the neck, below the nape, a mottled whitish ring ; 

 the rest of the body above, wings, and tail, as in the male, but 

 less bright ; middle of the breast, and belly dusky black ; the sides 

 dusky white. — Inhabits the Coast of Abyssinia : in the collection of 

 Lord Stanley. 



47.— MOLUCCA GROSBEAK. 



Loxia Molucca, Ind. Orn. i. 386. Lin. i. 302. Gm. Lin. i. 851. Daud. ii. 403. 



Shaw's Zool. ix. 331. 

 Coccothraustes Moluccensis, Bris.'ui. 241. t. 13. 3. Id. 8vo. i. 376. 

 Grosbec des Moluques, PL enl. 139. 2. 

 Molucca Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. iii. 141. 



LENGTH four inches. Bill dusky ; fore part of the head, the 

 sides, and fore part of the neck, black ; hindhead, and upper parts of 

 the body brown ; rump, and under parts of the breast, transversely 

 barred black and white ; upper tail coverts, and tail black ; quills 

 deep brown ; legs brown. 



Inhabits the Molucca Islands : called, as well as the Malacca 

 Species, by the name of Nuknool or Nucal nowl. 



48.— STRIATED GROSBEAK. 



Loxia Striata, Ind. Om. i. 386. Lin. i. 306. Gm. Lin. 861. Daud. ii. 403. Shaw's 



Zool. ix. 329. 

 Coccothraustes Borbonica, Bris. iii. 243. t. 13. f. 4. Id. Svo. i. 376. 

 Fringilla striata, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 161. 

 Grosbec de L'Isle de Bourbon, PL enl. 153. 1. 

 Striated Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. iii. 141. 



THIS is a small Species, scarcely three inches and three quar- 

 ters long. Bill dusky ; head, neck, and upper parts of the body, 

 brown ; shafts of the feathers pale rufous brown ; throat and neck 



