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PRASINE GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia prasina.) 



L. subtus cano-Jlamcans, uropygio rubro, pedibus Jlavis. 

 Mas. supra viridi-olivacea. 



Foem. supra jfusco-olivacea, uropygio obsolete rubro. 



Grosbeak beneath whitish yellow, with the rump red, and feet 



yellow. 

 Male above olive-green. 



Female above brown-olive, with the rump obsoletely red. 

 Loxia prasina. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 396. Qt. 

 Prasine Grosbeak. Lath, Syn. Sup. II. 1Q5. 8. 



Inhabits the corn fields in the island of Java : 

 male olive-green above, and yellowish grey be- 

 neath, with a few red spots on the belly, rump 

 wholly red : tail rounded, black j the two middle 

 feathers red above, the others red on the outer 

 margin alone : legs yellow : female olive-brown 

 above, and yellow grey beneath : rump dull red : 

 quills cinereous, eight of the secondaries whitish 

 on the anterior margins and tips: tail-feathers 

 black with white tips : beak in both sexes black. 



