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JAVA GROSBEAK, 

 (Loxia oryzivora.) 



L.Jusca, temporibus albis, rostro rubro, capite caudaque nigris. 

 Brown Grosbeak, with the temples white, beak red, head and 

 tail black. 



Loxia oryzivora. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 302. 14. — Amcen. Acad. 4. 



243. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. 850. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 380. 31. 

 Coccothraustes sinerius cinerea. Briss. 3. 244. 12. t. \\*f. 2. 

 Le Padda, ou l'Oiseau de Riz. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois.3.463. 



— Edwards. 41. 42. 

 Gros-bec de la Chine. Buff. PI. Enl. 152. f. 1. 

 Java Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 129. 29. — Lath, Syn. Sup. 



151. 



This bird does great mischief to the rice-grounds 

 in Java, and at the Cape of Good Hope, where it 

 is very common ; it is likewise supposed to be 

 abundant in China, as it is often seen among Chi- 

 nese paintings, and is called Hung-tzoy. It is in 

 length five inches : beak stout, and red : head and 

 throat black : sides of the head beneath the eyes 

 white : eyelids red : upper parts of the body, neck, 

 and breast, pale ash-colour : belly and thighs rose- 

 colour : vent and under tail-coverts dirty white : 

 tail black : legs flesh-colour : female with the edge 

 of the wing, and under tail-coverts, white. Is 

 well known by the name of Java Sparrow. 



