. A general history of birds . 415. Gm. Lin. i. 875. Shaws ZooL ix. 364. pl. Bunting, Gen. Syn. iii. 202. pl. 45. Id. Sup. p. 159. Arct. 230. LENGTH seven inches. Bill and legs dusky; crown fineyellow; forehead and through the eye black, passing to the hind-head, which is ash-colour; upper parts of the body reddish brown,with dark brown streaks; coverts and quills fringed on the edgeswith a paler colour; rump pale olive-brown; chin dirty white;throat, breast, and belly ash-colour, marked down the middle of thelast with pale yellowish buff-colour; tail even, brown.
. A general history of birds . 415. Gm. Lin. i. 875. Shaws ZooL ix. 364. pl. Bunting, Gen. Syn. iii. 202. pl. 45. Id. Sup. p. 159. Arct. 230. LENGTH seven inches. Bill and legs dusky; crown fineyellow; forehead and through the eye black, passing to the hind-head, which is ash-colour; upper parts of the body reddish brown,with dark brown streaks; coverts and quills fringed on the edgeswith a paler colour; rump pale olive-brown; chin dirty white;throat, breast, and belly ash-colour, marked down the middle of thelast with pale yellowish buff-colour; tail even, brown. Inhabits the Sandwich Islands, is also in Nootka Sound : one fromthe latter had the crown black, and a spot of yellow on the fore partonly; a double line of white on the wings; the belly also was white :probably this differed in sex. In Cooks last Voyage* it is said, that the male is black on theupper part of the breast; that the female is also black on the breast,but no spot of yellow on the crown. * Vol. ii. p. 379. BUNTING. 329 49—VARIED BUNTING. Emberiza mixta, Ind. Om. i. 416. Amcen. Ac. iv. 245. Shaws Zool. ix. Bunting, Gen. Syn. 202. SIZE of a Siskin. The bill thick, pale ; general colour of theplumage grey, and so mixed with blue, that in some lights thelast seems predominant; region of the ears, throat, breast, and bendof the wing, blue green; belly white, but the base of the feathers isbrown; thighs grey, intermixed with blue; legs pale. Inhabits China. 50— RED-RUMPED BUNTING. Emberiza quadricolor, Ind. 417. 886, Nat. Misc. Shaws Zool. is., pi. 61. quadricolor, Buf. iii. de Java, PI. enl. 101. Bunting, Gen. Syn. iii. 208. LENGTH five inches. Bill dusky; head and neck blue; back,wings, and end of the tail, green; upper part of the tail, its coverts,and the middle of the belly, red; breast, and lower part of the bellypale brown ; legs pale flesh-colour. Inhabits Java. In the PI. enlmn.
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