271 



YELLOW-BELLIED GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia flaviventris.) 



L. viridi-olivacea, dorso Jusco maculato, subtus super ciliis que 

 luteis. 



Green-olive Grosbeak, with the back spotted with fuscous, be- 

 neath and line over the eyes yellow. 



Loxia flaviventris. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 856. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 1. 384. 46'. 



Coccothraustes lutea Capitis Bona? Spei. Briss. 3, 227- 3. t. It* 



f-i. 



Yellow-bellied Grosbeak. Lath. Getu Syn.3. 138. 42. 



Five inches in length : beak pale coloured : on 

 each side of the head passing over the eye is a 

 stripe of yellow : head, hind part of the neck, and 

 back olive-green, sprinkled with brown : quills and 

 tail brown, with olive-green edges : under parts 

 of [the body plain yellow : rump olive-green : tail 

 slightly forked : legs grey : female not quii;e so 

 brilliant in colour. This bird varies in having the 

 crown of the head, upper parts of the body, and 

 breast bright olive-green : hind part of the neck 

 ash-colour, which colour passes forward and ends 

 in a point on the chin: belly and vent yellow: 

 quills black, edged with yellow : rump pale olive- 

 green : tail forked, dusky green, shafts of the fea- 

 thers black, edges yellow : inhabits the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



