DWARF GROSBEAK. 



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upper parts of the body, cinereous brown : the 

 sides of the head, and under parts, reddish white : 

 quills and tail blackish : legs flesh- colour : inhabits 

 Java, China, and India ; in the latter place it is 

 called Mungul. 



DWARF GROSBEAK. 

 (Loxia minima.) 



L. fusca, subtus testacea, remigibus primoribus basi, secundariis 

 posterius albis. 



Brown Grosbeak, beneath testaceous, with the primary quills at 



the base, and the secondaries behind, white. 

 Loxia minima. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 307. 45. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



I. 865. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 396. 92. 

 Dwarf Grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3, 158. 84. — Lath. Syn. Sup. 



154. 



This bird is common in India, China, Surinam, 

 and Cayenne : it varies very much, and is the size 

 of a Wren : the beak is short and thick : plumage 

 above brown ; beneath and with the rump testa- 

 ceous : primaries white at the base \ secondaries 

 the same on the inside, towards the base : tail-fea- 

 thers sharp and pale-coloured at the tip : some- 

 times found with the legs and beak brown, the 

 under parts rufous, and without any white on the 

 wings ; and again with the under parts cinereous 

 white ; with a yellowish mark between the beak 

 and eye, the edge of the wing the same, with the 

 beak and legs black. 



