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INDIAN GROSBEAK. 



(Loxia boetonensis.) 



L. cristata rubra, rostri bad tectricibusque alarum obscurioribus, 



Crested red Grosbeak, with the base of the beak and wing- 

 coverts more obscure ; beak and feet yellow. 

 Loxia boetonensis. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 376. 15. 

 Loxia Indica. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 847. 

 Coccothraustes Indica. Briss. 3. 252. 1(5. 

 Indian Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 119. 14. 



Inhabits India: length eight inches: beak yel- 

 low, one inch in length : head crested : the whole 

 bird fine red, except the beak and wing-coverts, 

 which are dull red : legs yellow : toes long : claws 

 sharp and bent. 

 



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