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riNE BUNTING. 
nearly unitiiig as to form almost a circle round the 
entire cheek, are of a whitish colour, slightly tinted 
with an isahelle rose; immediately below the beak 
proceeds, as if to extend itself to the beginning of the 
chest, a long pyriform band of an elegant orange rose- 
colour, which is rarely seen in nature, and which is 
'of the same tint as the Antlius riifigtilaris ; this band 
is completely surrounded by a black border, which is 
sjiread out on the sides of the neck; the upper part 
of the neck and the rump are of a nearly jnire ash- 
colour ; the back is variegated with black, bay-coloured, 
and whitish spots; the under parts are whitish, with 
large .brownish longitudinal wedge-shaped spots; the 
lesser and greater wing coverts are, as well as the ter- 
tiary feathers, black, with red and white external 
edges; the primaries, of which the first is about the 
same size as the fifth, arc brown, unicolorous, with a 
slight edging of white at the tip. The tail is slightly 
notched ; the two middle feathers, short and very 
pointed, are black along the shaft, and the first is 
edged with reddish grey, the two following on each 
side arc quite black, and the two external feathers have 
a large white cuncifoian spot, much more extended 
upon the last feather, of which the very narrow outer 
plumes arc white, and which has ashy brown grey on 
the shaft, and a large spot on the tip.” 
“It is well known that this Emheriza is also the E. 
passevina, Messerschniitd ; E. albida, Blyth; E. leuco- 
cephala et Dahnatica, Gmelin, and Sclavonica, Dcgland. 
It is probably an older species which M. Barthelemy, 
of Pomerania, has called after me, E. Bonapartii.” 
My figure is from a specimen kindly, sent me by 
Mr. Gould. 
It has also been figured by S. G. Gmelin, Nov. Comm. 
