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and wing-coverts dusky black witli broad rufous brown 

 margins ; upper tail-coverts reddish brown ; tail-feathers 

 dusky black, two and sometimes three outer feathers on 

 each side with a patch of white on the broad inner web ; 

 the chin, throat, and upper part of the breast, yellowish 

 green ; the other under parts of the body reddish buff 

 palest in colour on the belly and under tail-coverts ; legs, 

 toes, and claws, pale brown, tinged with red. 



The back of this bird being very similar in appearance to 

 that of the Cirl Bunting, a front view of this species was 

 given to avoid repetition. 



The whole length of the bird is six inches and one 

 quarter. From the carpal joint to the end of the wing, 

 three inches and a half: the first three feathers of the 

 wing equal in length, and the longest in the wing; the 

 fourth nearly one quarter of an inch shorter than the 

 third. 



The female has the colour of the head more mixed with 

 grey, and streaked with dark brown ; the upper part of the 

 breast spotted with dark brown and the buff colour below, 

 as well as the other colours, generally less vivid. 



Young birds of the year resemble the female. 



M. Temminck, M. Vieillot, and others, well acquainted 

 with this species, refer particularly to the variations that 

 are occasionally found in the colours of its plumage. M. 

 Vieillot enumerates six varieties that have occurred, the 

 third of which, his variety (7, is described as having the 

 head and neck green. 



