GROSBEAK. 263 



A. — Asiatic Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 153. Var. A. 



Length seven inches. Bill and legs reddish orange ; in plumage 

 similar to the last described ; but differs chiefly in having the greater 

 wing coverts, quills, and tail, tipped with white. 



Described from a drawing done in China, in the possession of 

 Sir Joseph Banks. 



76— LINE ATE D GROSBEAK. 



Loxia Lineola, Ind. Orn.i. 390. Lin.i. 304. Gm.Lin.'u 854. Daud. ii. 418. 



Shaw's Zool. ix. 326. 

 Pyrrhula Africana nigra minor, Bris. iii. 319. t. 17. 1. Id. 8vo. i. 398. 

 Le Bouveron, Buf. iv. 388. 

 Lineated Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. iii. 149. 



SIZE of a Titmouse. Bill black, gibbous ; at the base above a 

 spot of white, and a white streak from the forehead to the crown ; 

 plumage on the upper parts of the body glossy blue-black, on the 

 under white ; quills black, base of the prime ones white, forming a 

 spot on the wing ; tail black; bifurcated. 



Inhabits Asia. 



A. — Bouvreuil a plumes frisees, PL enl. 319. 1. 



This is precisely the same with the other in respect to plumage, 

 except that the feathers on all the under parts of the body are longer, 

 and frizzled at the ends. 



M. Daudin remarks, that M. Mauduyt had one of these from 

 Africa, having the frizzled feathers, but after moulting, those which 

 followed were smooth ; and that birds with the same markings are 

 sometimes brought from Guiana, and such probably are young. 



