268 GROSBEAK. 



84.— NITID GROSBEAK.— Pl. xc. 



Loxia nitida, Ind. Orn. Sup. xlvii. Shaw's Zool. ix. 282. pl. 49. 

 Nitid Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 198. pi. 131. 



SIZE of the last, bnt stouter in the body. Bill and irides 

 crimson ; plumage in general pale olive brown above, dusky white 

 beneath, crossed every where with short, abrupt, curved lines of 

 black ; quills and tail brown, marked with several bands of a darker 

 colour ; the rump and upper tail coverts are crimson ; legs yellowish. 



Inhabits New South Wales, chiefly found there in June : is 

 totally distinct from the Black-lined Species. 



85.— WHITE-LINED GROSBEAK. 



LENGTH four inches. Upper mandible brown, the under 

 crimson ; plumage above brown ; forehead, face, and throat, black ; 

 breast pale ash, crossed with interrupted, fine white lines, but 

 broader, and bounded on both sides with brown ; under tail coverts 

 buff*; tail short, even, the outer feather pale on the outer web; 

 legs pale. — Supposed to inhabit Africa. — Mr. Bullock. 



86— WHITE-THROATED GROSBEAK. 



Loxia grossa, Lid. Orn. i. 374. Lin.\. 307. Gm. Lin.'i. 864. Daud.u. 371. Shaw's 



Zool. ix. 253. 

 Coccothraustes Americana caerulea, Bris. App. 89. t. 5. f. 1. Id. Svo.'i. 381. 

 Grosbec bleu d'Amerique, Buf. iii. 456. Pl. enl. 154— female. 

 White-throated Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. iii. 115. 



LENGTH seven inches and a half. Bill very stout, and red ; 

 on each side of the upper mandible, about the middle of the edge, 



