iiRDS. MSSERES. So. Loxta- 527 
^ufous-brown, beneath yellowlfli ; frontlet black ; tail 
ihort. Sociable G. 
Inhabits the interior parts of the Cape of Good Hope : 5 I inches 
long. Thefe live together in vafl tribes under one common 
roof, containing their feveral nefts, which is built on a large 
fpeciesof mimofa. 
black ; region of the ears yellowilh ; legs brown. 
®rown, ftreakeil with ferruginous, beneath white ; throat 
black. Striated G. 
Inhabits the IJland Bourbon : 3-t inches long. 
Bill black ; legs blackifh. 
J'erruginous-brown, beneath purple, waved with black ; 
front and rump blueilh. Ceylon G. 
Inhabits Ceylon, Cim. Phyf, tab. 42. p. 80. 
■Bill and legs reddilh-brown ; hind-head, back and long quill- 
feathers brown ; tail rufty-brovyrn tipt with white ; xoing- 
coverts nightly edged and tipped with white, thofe neareft 
the back with blueilh-afh ; vent white. 
Pernale, head, neck and body beneath bright ferruginous ; wings 
brown ; tail beneath alh-colour. 
' ®lack ; breaft,* belly, band on tlic wrings and bafe of the 
^ quill-feathers white. Loulfiana G. 
• oread rofy. 
Inhabits North America : 6^ inches long. 
Bill and legs brown ; breafi and lower zoing-coverts pale pur- 
ple vent and rump white ; belly with a few purple fpots ; 
3 outmoft tail-feathers each fide white on the lower half. 
leathers of the upper part of the body black, fpottcd 
with white towards the tip, of the lower part 
whitifh, ftreaked with black i quill and tail-feathers 
■whitilh on the outer fide. Spotted G . 
^habits America. 
Bill pale tipt with black ; 2 outmoft tail-feathers each fide 
with a white fpot near the tip on the inner fide ; kgs 
brownilh. 
Middle of the throat and double band on the wing-coverts 
white ; quill-feathers green ; flanks white, 
with brown. Dujiy G. 
Inhabits Nezo York, 
I^&lhers of the head, neck and bach edged with brown. 
Hudfoiiica. 
