Loxia orix, LINNÆUS; Le Cardinal du Cap de Bonne Espérance,
BUFFON; Der Grenadier Kernbeisser, oder Feuervogel, BECHSTEIN.
This bird is about the size of a sparrow. The beak is black; iris
chestnut; feet dark flesh-colour; forehead, sides of the head, chin,
lower part of the breast and belly blackish; the throat, top of the head
and breast, rump, vent, and tail are of a fiery red, or brilliant
carmine, and soft, like velvet.
VARIETIES.--1. A black spot on the chin; thighs red.