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entirely of the same brown as the back, the tips 

 fiowever are darker ; all the remaining under plu- 

 mage is dirty white; bill and legs pale; lateral 

 ciaws even. 



Total length nearly 6 inches ; bill from the gape, 

 T 6 5 ; wings, 3^ ; tail beyond, 1 $ ; ditto, from the 

 base, 2^ ; tarsus, ^ ; middle toe and claw, T 7 5 ; 

 hind ditto, ^ 



YELLOW-BELLIED OR CAPE BUNTING. 



Fringttlaria Capensis, SWAINS. 

 PLATE XVIII. 



Head black, with seven white stripes ; plumage above varied 

 with rufous and grey ; beneath bright yellow ^ chin, under 

 tail-covers, and tips of the lateral tail-feathers pure white. 



Ortolan a ventre jaune du Cap. de Bonne Esperance, Buffon. 

 Emberyza Capensis, PL Enl. 664. fig. 2. Latham Omit- 

 ting synonyms Emberyza flavigaster, Ruppdl, Atlas, pi. 25. 



immature male. 



THIS is perhaps the most richly coloured species of 

 the whole genus of Buntings ; a group which, with 

 few exceptions, is more remarkable for its plain and 

 sombre cast of plumage, than almost any other 

 among the finches. 



There seems to be some confusion in our syste- 



