506 EMBERIZID A. 
and wing-coverts dusky black with broad rufous brown 
margims ; 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 mner web ; 
the chin, throat, and upper part of the breast, yellowish 
green; the other under parts of the body reddish butt 
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 C, is described as having the 
head and neck green. 
