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SUNDA GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia Javensis.) 



Is.Jiisco-cinerea, capillitio remigibus ac rectricibus nigris, tempo- 

 ribus abdomineque cinereo-albicantibus . 



Greyish-brown Grosbeak, with the barbs of the quills and tail- 

 feathers black ; temples and abdomen cinereous white. 



Loxia Javensis. Mus. Carls, fas. 4. t. 88. — Lath. Syn. Sup, II. 

 XLV.i. 



Sunda Grosbeak. Lath, Syn. Sup. II, 195. 9. 



This species inhabits the islands of Sumatra and 

 Java : it is the size of a Bullfinch : top of the head 

 black : prevailing colour greyish brown : from the 

 chin the under parts are paler than the upper: 

 belly and thighs white : quills and tail black : se- 

 condaries brown, margined with ferruginous : legs 

 pale yellow. 



