BIRDS. PASSERES. So. Eoxia. 
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Inhabits the Iflani Panay. 
.fiiW black ; kgs jvale flelli- colour. 
Shining-green ; hind-head and eyelids filky black ; wings 
and tail blackilli. Green C, 
Inhabits A'fzi) Holland; 1 2 jnchcs long. 
■fiiW black ; tail 7J mches long. 
C^'nereous, beneath rufous ; hind-head and chin yellow ; 
lores and naked orbits yellow. Indian C, 
Inhabits India : 14 inches long. 
Pill black, the ba!e and kgs red, 
80. LOXIA. Bill ftrong, thick, convex, 
rounded at the bafe ; lower mandible 
bent in at the edge ; nojirils fmall, 
round, at the bafe of the bill : tongue 
truncate. Grojbeak, 
In the Loxia, Emberi'za and FringiUa genus both mandibles 
are moveable, hy which means they are able to fliell and 
break in pieces the feeds they feed upon. 
^ ^landibles crolTing each other ; body varying in colour ; 
_ wings and forked tail brown. Crafsbill, 
' Reddifli ; head fcarlet. 
d* Larger ; bill thicker, fhorter. 
Inhabits Europe, Afia and America: 6j inches long ; feeds on 
the cones of pines, the feeds of wluch it is dexterous in 
Ihelling by means of its crolTed bill, alfo on hemp feeds and 
*he kernels of apples ; builds an hemifpherical neft in the 
branches of high trees } eggs whitilh with fome red fpots toi 
"■■ards the thicker end. , 
^iale red, varied with brown and green, and is laid to change 
its colours thrice a year. 
Eentale olive-green, mixed with brown, 
** Mandibles crolTing each other; feathers whitilh, edged 
with red ; rump pale red ; vent whitilh ; tail and 
wings black, the latter with 2 white bands. 
WhUe-wtnged G. 
3 U 2 Inhabits 
