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THE WAX-BILL. 
Loxia Astreld. 
Senegalus Striatus. 
Le Senegali Raye'. 
Wax-Bill. 
Wax-Bill Grosbeak. 
Lin. Syst. i. p. 3 os 
Bris. Orn. iii. p. 219, 
Buff. Ois. iv. p. 101 . 
Edw. Gl. pi. 3 5 4. fig. 2. 
Lath. ii. p. l. 15 2. 
This bird derives its name from the colour of the bill being of a bright 
red, resembling sealing-wax; it is represented on the Plate the size of life. 
A line of bright red extends from the nostrils to the hind head, in which 
the eyes are placed. The colour of the upper part of the bird is brown, ra- 
diated with transverse bars of dusky brown, very delicate on the head and 
neck; but which increases in breadth and colour on the back, wings, and 
tail. It becomes much lighter on the throat, breast, and belly. Under the 
breast is a broken line of red. 'The lower belly, and coverts under the tail, 
aie black (in the male). The tail is dusky brown, with transverse lines 
ol a deeper shade, and cuneiform. The legs and feet are light brown. 
J he red-rumped, and white-rumped Gros-beak, described by Latham, 
are varieties of this kind. 
lhe Count de Buffon, under the characters of Senegalis and Bengalis, 
describes this and the Amaduvade ; and observes, that we should be much 
mistaken if we inferred from the above names that they are confined to Ben- 
gal and Senegal, as they are spread through the greatest part of Asia and 
Africa, and the adjacent islands.— That described by Brisson came from 
Java; that by Edwards, from the East Indies. In Senegal, this and other 
sma birds are caught by showing a few grains of millet under a calabash, 
or arge gourd; which is placed on the ground, and raised by a short prop, 
to w lie a Stung is placed, which the person draws at a proper time, and 
secures whatever is under the calabash. 
