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COWRY GROSBEAK. 
Loxia punctularia. Lin. Syst. p . 302 . No. is. 
Le Gros-bec tachete' de Java. Briss. Orn. iii. p . 258. 
Gowry bird. Edw. pi . 40 . 
Cowry grosbeak. Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p . 142. 
No. 5 0 . 
This bird is a native of the island of Java, and has been described by 
Edwards under the name of the Cowrie Bird, because its ordinary price 
is a cowrie, one of the small shells which pass in India for money. 
By Brisson it is called the Spotted Grosbeak of Java, and by Albin, 
the Chinese Sparrow. It is exhibited on the Plate as large as life, and is 
a very pleasing lively bird. 
The Count de BufFon considers those of this species whose bellies are 
spotted, to be the males, and those which are not spotted, females. 
