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«ur bullfinch; length five inches. Bill dufky; eyes dark; 
general colour of the plumage black, except from the 
brealt to the vent, where it is of a dull red, and a.fpot of 
white on the middle of the wing near the edge ; the ridge 
of the wing isalfo white ; legs of a purplifli flefh-colour. 
Inhabits Angola. 
39. Loxia ferruginea, the ferruginous grofbeak. Length 
fix inches. Bill (tout, and horn-coloured, one inch long ; 
head and chin dufky brown ; back and wing-coverts black, 
the feathers deeply margined with yellow 5 bread deep 
ferruginous; from thence to the vent rudy yellow, very 
pale at the vent; quills and tail dufky, edged with yellow ; 
legs pale. 
40. Loxia melanura, the grey-necked grofbeak. Size 
of the hawfinch. Bill and irides yellow ; head black ; 
hind-part of the neck brown, fore-part grey 3 wing-co- 
verts bluifii black ; about the middle a fpot of White ; the 
fecond quills black, bordered with white on the inner 
web ; the prime quills black for two-thirds, and white 
from thence to the end ; the rump grey ; the tail black ; 
the belly pale rufous ; vent white ; legs yellow. The fe¬ 
male has the head grey, and the quills black, bordered 
only with white. Inhabits China. 
41. Loxia aurantia, the orange grofbeak. Length four 
inches and a half; bill dufky; top of the head black; 
wings and tail dufky black, edged with orange, and fome 
of the inner quills with white; the reft of the bird fine 
orange; legs pale red. The female has the whole head, 
and fore part of the neck, black; the under part of the 
body white; the reft orange, but lefs bright; and the 
quills edged with grey. Inhabits the Ifle of Bourbon 
and the Cape of Good Hope. 
4a. Loxia torrida, the white-billed grofbeak. General 
colour black ; breaft and belly chefnut; the two middle 
tail feathers longeft. This was fent from South America 
by Jacquin, and deferibed from the living bird by Sco- 
poli. That mentioned by Buffon had a white bill, and 
came from Guiana. 
43. Loxialineola, the lineated grofbeak. A fmall fpecies; 
length 4J inches. Bill black ; at the bafe of the upper 
mandible a fpot of white, and a white line from the fore¬ 
head to the crown ; the plumage on the upper parts gloffy 
blue-black; beneath white; the quills black ; bafe of the 
prime ones white, forming a fpot of white on the wing; 
tail black, bifurcated. Native of Afia. —There is a va¬ 
riety, with the feathers of the lower part of the body 
curled. 
44. Loxia Hamburgia, the Hamburgh grofbeak. Size of 
ji buifinch. Bill black; irides yellow ; upper part of the 
head and neck reddifh brown, with a purplifli tinge; 
throat brown ; fore part of the neck white, acrofs the 
middle of it a brown band ; breaft, back, rump, fcapulars, 
and upper tail-coverts, yellowifh brown, marked with 
black ; belly, fides, thighs, and vent, white ; on the wing- 
coverts two white bands; quills yellowifh brown; tail 
brown. This is found about Hamburgh, running up and 
down the trees like a creeper or titmoufe ; and feeds on 
infecls. 
45. Loxia pafferina, the yellow-headed grofbeak. Length 
five inches three quarters. Bill pale flefli-colour ; irides 
hazel; the upper parts of the body dull brown, fpotted 
with black ; beneath pale brown, with fpots of dull brown ; 
the fore part of the head, cheeks, and throat, are yellow ; 
behind the eyes a brown band, which partes towards the 
back; quills and tail blackifh; legs browr.ifh horn- 
colour. Inhabits Mexico ; but the name has here been 
changed, becaufe in the Linnasan Syftem we find two fpe¬ 
cies denominated Mexicana. 
46. Loxia chloris, the greenfinch : a well-known bird ; 
the general colour yellowifh green, paleft on the rump 
and breaft, and inclining to white on the belly ; the quills 
are edged with yellow, and the four outer tail-feathers are 
yellow from the middle to the bafe ; the bill is pale brown, 
and flout; and the legs flefli-colour. The female inclines 
snore to brown. The greenfinch is very common in 
Great Britain, and makes its neft in fome low bufh of- 
hedge, compofed of dry graft, and lined with hair, wool, 
&c. laying five or fix greeriifh eggs, marked at the larger 
end with red brown ; and is fo careful of her charge dur¬ 
ing incubation, that file is eafily taken on the neft. The 
male takes his turn in fitting. This fpecies foon becomes 
tame; even old birds are familiaralmoff as foon as caught; 
they are apt to grow blind, if expofed to the fun, like the 
chaffinch ; fly in troops in winter; live five or fix years; 
and have been known to breed with the canary-bird. It 
is alfo common on the continent of Europe, but not very 
frequent in Ruflia, and not at all in Siberia; which gives 
reafon to fuppofe that it fliifts its quarters according to 
the feafon. It is found in Cumberland and Scotland ; 
yet in the firft it is fcarcely ever obferved in the winter 
feafon; but the la ft week in March becomes plentiful, 
and breeds as in other parts of England. 
47. Loxia Sinenfis, the Chinefe grofbeak. Not unlike 
the greenfinch. Bill greenifh yellow ; the head and neck 
greenifn grey ; back and wing-coverts light brown; thefe 
on the edge of the wing black ; the fecond quills are 
black within, and grey on the outer edge ; the prime 
quills.are yellow half-way from the bafe, black the reft 
of their length, tipped with grey ; the belly dirty rufous ; 
vent yellow ; tail black, tipped with white 5 legs greenifh 
yellow. Native of China. 
48. Loxia butyracea, the yellow-fronted grofbeak s 
forehead yellow ; above the eyes a yellow line ; temples 
the fame colour; the reft of the plumage green, fpotted 
with brown above, beneath wholly yellow ; tail blackifh, 
a little forked, tipped with white. Native of India. 
49. Loxia Dominicenfis, the St. Domingo grofbeak. 
Size of the greenfinch ; length five inches and three quar¬ 
ters. Bill reddifh; the eyes are placed in a patch of 
white; the upper parts of the plumage green brown, the 
edges of the feathers paleft ; the under parti dull rufous, 
fpotted with brown; lower belly and vent white; quills 
black ; tail and legs dufky brown. Inhabits St. Domingo. 
50. Loxia Africana, the African grofbeak. Length fix 
inches and a third. The upper parts in this bird are 
greenifh brown and grey, mixed, inclining to rufous on 
the rump; upper wing-coverts rufous; fecond quills 
edged with the fame; the greater quills, and fide fea¬ 
thers of the tail, edged with rufous white, and the 
outer feather of the laft marked with a fpot of white ; 
the under parts of the body are white, varied with brown 
on the breaft. This was brought from the Cape of Good 
Hope by M. Sonnerat. Buffon confiders this as a green¬ 
finch ; and he calls it le verdierfans vert. 
51. Loxia hypoxantha, the Sumatra grofbeak : yellowifh; 
front and eyebrows pale-yelloiv ; quill and tail feathers 
black, edged with yellowifh. Bill pale; irides rufous; 
legs pale. Inhabits Sumatra ; five inches long. 
52. Loxia Canadenfis, the Canada grofbeak: fize of a 
fparrow ; length fix inches and three quarters. Bill afh- 
colour, the edges fomewhat projecting in the middle ; the 
upper parts of the plumage olive-green ; the under paler, 
inclining to yellow; the feathers round the bafe of the 
bill, and the chin, black ; legs grey. Inhabits Cayenne, 
and Canada occafionally. 
53. Loxia fulphurata, the brimftone-coloured grofbeak. 
Length five inches and three quarters; bill feven lines 
long, flout, and of a horn-colour; head, neck, breaft, and 
upper parts of the body, olive green ; throat, belly, and 
vent, yellow ; over the eye a yellow ftreak ; quills brown, 
edged with olive green ; tail the fame, except the two 
middle feathers, which are wholly olive green ; legs brown- 
ifh grey. Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 
54. Loxia flaviventris, the yellow-bellied grofbeak: 
fmaller than the preceding, bill the fame colour; head* 
hind part of the neck, and back, olive-green, dafhed with 
brown ; rump plain olive-green ; under parts of the body 
full yellow; on each fide of the head a band of yellow, 
which partes over the eye; quills and tail brown, with 
olive-green edges; the laft fomewhat forked ; legs grey. 
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