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BUNTING. 



made nefrs and laid eggs in the orange-treesj in a menagery of a 

 relation of his, at Holdenie/s, \n TorkJJnre -, but in this inftance the 

 young were not hatched. The above gentleman has kept many, 

 but leems to think that they gain their full plumage fooner than 

 'the third year. - 



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MAELBY B. 



Descriptjon. 



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GAUR B. 

 Description, 



Px AC E . 



Emberiza maeJbyenfis, Span-. Muf. Carlf. N" 21. 



C I Z E of a Tellowhammer. Bill and legs pale rufous : the eye- 

 lids, fpot between the bill and eye, the chin, upper part of the 

 throat, and fides of the neck and vent, dufky white : forehead, 

 crown, lower part of the neck before, and upper part of the breaft, 

 blueifh afh-colour : lower part of the breafb, belly, and thighs, fer- 

 ruginous: back ferruginous, marked with acute black fpocs : 

 wing coverts black, edged with ferruginous : under wing coverts 

 brimftone : quills dufky, with pale ferruginous margins : tail fea- 

 thers ten in number^ black ; the four outer ones, half way from 

 the tips, white, the outer margins black. 



The above was met with in Sweden, at Maelby, a feat of Count 

 Carlfon, in Sodermanland* . 



CIZE fmall : length four Inches and a half. Bill pale rofe-co- 

 lour : head, neck, back, breafb, and belly, cinereous, paleft 

 beneath : wings and tail brown, with paler edges : legs pale 

 blue. 



Inhabits the Eaji Indies, and is called Gxiur. — Lady Im^ey. 



* I have my doubts whether this is not related to o\ir Pine Bunting, Synqpji-s, 

 -^ol. iji. p. 203. N° |0, being a female, or young bi>rd, of that fpecies. 



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