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and nape deep bright chesnut : over the eyes a white 

 streak, tending to the hind-head : cheeks white : 

 throat, neck before, and a narrow belt on the breast, 

 * black : middle of the belly white : sides marked with 

 large spots. 



Sp. 5. Pa. arcuatus. 



Fringilla arcuata. Steph. v. ix. p. 530. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 6. Pa. Capensis, 



Emberiza flaviventris. /3. Steph. v. ix. p. 374. — Southern 

 Africa. 



Sp. 7. Pa. elegans. 



Fringilla elegans. Steph. v. ix. p. 465.— Africa. 

 Sp. 8. Pa. oryx. 



Loxia oryx. Steph. v. ix. p. 240. pi. 44.— Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 9. Pa. erythrocephalus. 



Loxia erythrocephala. Steph. v. ix. jc. 263. — Angola. 

 Sp. 10. Pa. Madagascariensis. 



Loxia Madagascariensis. Steph. v. ix. p. 244. — Madagascar. 

 Sp. 11. Pa. Australis. 



Loxia Capensis. Steph. v. ix. p. 288. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 12. Pa. cruciger. 



V ^. fusco-grisea infra albidaj malis et regione aurium albis; lined 

 nigra longitudinali a basi rostri ad crissum, alterdque trans- 

 versd pectoralis. 



Grey- brown Sparrow beneath whitish ; with the cheek and the 

 region of the ears white ; a black longitudinal line from the 

 base of the beak to the vent^ and another transverse one on 

 thcj breast. 



Fringilla cruciger. Temm. PL Col. 269. y. 1. — Duree Finch. 

 Lath. Gen. Hist, v. vi. 1 15. pi. xcvii. 



Inhabits Bengal. Length four inches and a half : 

 the cheeks and the feathers on the ears are ashy- 

 white : the forehead, part of the top of the head and 

 the sides of the breast are whitish : the rest of the 



