178 Bh UM Or The Ny. -G 
Emberiza Pfittacea, Lin. Sy/. i. p. 312. 18- 
La Linotte 4 longue queue du Brefil, Brif. orn. ili. p. 147+ 35. 
La Veuve éteinte, Buf. cif. iv. p. 168. 
Fringilla Brafilienfis, Seba, i, p. 103. pl. 66. f. 5. 
4. 
PSITTACEOUS 
Description, @IZE of a Sparrow: length eleven inches and a half. Gene- 
ral colour a dull greyifh afh: the bafe of the bill furrounded 
with pale red: wings yellow and pale red mixed: the tail the 
colour of the body; the two middle feathers much longer * than. 
the others, and tipped with chefnut. 
PLACE. Inhabits Brafil. 
150 . Emberiza Paradifea, Liz. Sy/t. i. p. 312. 19.—Scop. aan. i. N° 216.4: 
+ WHIDAH B. La Veuve, Brif. orn. iii. p. 120. 25. pl. 8 f. 1. . 
La Veuve 4 collier d’or, Buf. oif. iv. p. 155. pl. 6. 
Grande Veuve d’Angola, Pi. exl. 194 t. 
Another Indian long-tailed Sparrow, Wilf. orm p. 251. §. 11.—Raié Sys. 
p: 87. 10.—Petiv. Gaz. pl. 55. f. 1. 
Red-breafted: long-tailed Finch, Eda. pl. 86.. 
Lev: Muf- 
DeseRiPTioN. ATHER lefs than. a Hedge Sparrow: length to the fide 
tail feathers five inches and a half. The bill lead-colour > 
irides hazel |}: the head, chin, and fore part of the neck, back,. 
* Three times the length of the body. Hi/t. des oif. 
+ Scopoli thinks that this does not differ from the laft. 
t Both in this, and the plate of the Hi#. des oif. the figures are thofe of the 
Whidah Bird, which is what Buffon would have us underftand to be his Veuve 
& collier d’or. This is clear from his references: there muft be therefore fome. 
miftake in this matter. The grande Veuve is a different bird. 
}| Chefnut, Buffon. 
Wings, 
