288 GROSBEAK. 



119.— MINUTE GROSBEAK. 



Loxia minuta, Ind. Orn. i. 396. Lin. i. 307. Gm. Lin. i. 865. Shaw's Zool. ix. 334. 



Bec-rond a ventre rouge, Buf. iv. 390. 



Gros-bee brun et roux, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 112. 



Grey Loxia, Bancr. Guian. 179. 



Minute Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. iii. 158. 



SIZE of a Wren. Bill brown ; plumage above grey brown ; 

 beneath and rump, ferruginous chestnut ; fourth, fifth, and sixth 

 quills, white at the base ; legs brown ; tail even, the feathers pointed 

 at the tips, the shafts sharp, and a trifle elongated. 



Inhabits Surinam and Cayenne : said to keep in pairs all the 

 year ; is a lively, though not a very tame bird ; frequents habitations 

 and lands, which have lain for some time uncultivated ; lives on 

 fruits and seeds ; makes a roundish nest, two inches in diameter 

 within ; composed of a reddish herb, and placed on the trees, which 

 it frequents ; lays three or four eggs. 



In the collection of Lord Stanley is one, which may probably 

 differ in sex : it is three inches and a quarter long. Bill small, and 

 legs brown ; plumage above brown ; wings and tail deeper ; beneath 

 the body very pale brown ; the three outer quills plain coloured ; the 

 four next white at the base, forming a small spot. 



120.— DWARF GROSBEAK. 



Loxia minima, Ind. Orn. i. 396. Lin. i. 307. Gm. Lin. i. 865. Jacq. Fog. 28. t. 13. 



Dand. ii. 423. Shaw's Zool. ix. 333. 

 Regulus Capitis B. Spei, Gerin. iii. t. 358. 

 Dwarf Grosbeak, Gen. Syn. iii. 158. Id. Sup. 154. 



SIZE of a Wren. Bill short, thick; plumage above brown; 

 rump and under parts testaceous ; prime quills white at the base ; 



