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MALACCA GROSBEAK. MALE. 
Lqxica Malacca, Lin. Syst. i. p. 302 . No. 16. 
Le Gros-bili. de Java. Bris. Orn. iii. p. 23 7 . p. 15 . 
Le Jacobin. Buff. Ois. iii. p. 4 68. 
Whole-breasted Indian Spar- 
row. Edw. p. 355. 
Malacca Grosbeak. Lath . Gen. Syn. ii. p. 140 . 47 . 
This bird measures, from tbe point of the bill to the end of the tail, four 
inches and a quarter; the bill is of a bluish ash-colour; the head, the 
neck, the throat, the middle of the belly, the thighs, and coverts under the 
tail, are of a rich black ; the breast, the belly, and sides, white; the back, 
the rump, the scapulares, the wings, and tail, are of a bright chesnut; the 
coverts of the tail of a deeper chesnut, inclining to purple ; the legs are 
brown. 
1 he female differs from the male in having the thighs chesnut, and the 
colours of her plumage less brilliant. 
