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WEAVER BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza textrix.) 



E. rvfo-fusca saturatiore varia, subtusjlava, superciliis strigaque 



verticalijtavis, pectore medio striga lata nigra. 

 Rufous-brown Bunting, varied with darker colours; beneath 



yellow ; supercilia and stripe on the crown yellow ; middle of 



the breast with a broad black stripe. 

 Emberiza textrix. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 877. — Lath. Ind. Orn, 



1. 409. 32. 

 Weaver Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 193. 2Q. 



This singular bird received its name from its 

 disposition to interweave silk between the wires 

 of its cage : it is the size of the House Sparrow : 

 beak horn-coloured : over each eye, and down the 

 middle of the crowm, a yellow stripe : sides of the 

 head variegated with yellow and black : prevail- 

 ing colour above reddish brown, the feathers 

 darkest in the middle: under parts and rump 

 yellow, with a broad black streak down the middle 

 of the breast, divaricating on the sides : tail dusky : 

 legs pale. In winter the yellow disappears, and 

 the bird is wholly of a brownish colour, like the 

 Sparrow. 



