GROSBEAK. 255 



62— FRONTAL GROSBEAK. 



Loxia frontalis, Lid. Orn. Sup. xlvi. Daud.'ri. 445. Shaw's Zool.ix. 265. 

 Frontal Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 196. 



SIZE of the Araaduvade Finch. Bill pale grey; at the corners 

 of the mouth, and the forehead a few serrated black feathers, with 

 white tips ; upper part of the head and neck pale rufous, of the body 

 cinereous grey. 



Inhabits Senegal, from whence it has been brought alive to Paris. 



63— RED-BILLED GROSBEAK. 



Loxia sanguinirostris, Tnd. Orn. i. 392. Lin. i. 303. Ameen. ac. iv. 243. Osb. Voy. ii. 



329. Gm. Lin.l 852. Band. ii. 443. Shaw's Zool. ix. 256. 

 Emberiza Quelea, Tnd. Orn. i. 409. Lin. i. 310. |3. Gmel. Lin. i. 877. 

 Passer Senegal, erythrorynchos, Bris.m. 118. t. 6. f. I. Id. 8vo. i. 337.— male. 



erythrorynchos Cap. B. Spei, Bris.'m. 108. t. 5. f. 4. Id. 8vo. i. 337.— female. 



Moineau a bee rouge, Buf. iii. 485, Pl.enl. 183. f. 2. — male. 



du Senegal, Buf. iii. 484. PI. enl. 223. 1. 



Brasilian Sparrow, Edw. pi. 271. 2. 

 Black-faced Bunting, Gen. Syn. iii. 192. 

 Red-billed Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. iii. 151. 



SIZE of a Siskin ; length four inches and a half. Bill thick, 

 passing far back at the base above, colour red ; irides reddish ; 

 forehead above the eye, and round to the chin black; the rest of the 

 head and upper parts rufous grey, the middle of the feathers on the 

 back, and upper parts dusky ; the under pale rufous, inclining to 

 white on the breast and belly ; quills and tail blackish, the feathers 

 margined with cinereous ; legs flesh-colour. 



The female has the same markings, but the general colour in- 

 clines more to brown, and the forehead and chin not black, but the 

 same in colour with the rest of the head. 



