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ASH-HEADED GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia indica.) 



L. nigricans, subtus albida, capite colloque cinereis, cauda apice 

 alba. 



Dusky Grosbeak, beneath whitish, with the head and neck ash- 

 coloured ; tail white at the tip. 

 Loxia indica. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 394. 80. 

 Ash-headed Grosbeak. Lath. Syn. Sup. 155. 



This bird is described on the authority of Dr. 

 Latham, who says it is found in India, and is very 

 small ; with the beak blue : head and neck slaty 

 ash-colour : back, wings, and tail, dusky ; the 

 latter tipped with white : breast and belly dirty 

 white : legs blue. 



CAFFRARIAN GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia caffra.) 



L. atra, remigibus Juscis, humeris coccineis. 

 Dark-coloured Grosbeak, with the quills brown, and shoulders 

 crimson. 



Loxia caffra. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 858. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 393. 

 78. 



Caffrarian Grosbeak. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. ]g4. 6. 



The Caffrarian Grosbeak is the size of the Bull- 

 finch : beak cinereous brown : prevailing colour of 

 the plumage black : shoulders crimson : wing-co- 



