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BRASILIAN BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza brasiliensis. ) 



E. virescensjiavojiiscoque varia, subtus verticeque lutea. 

 Bunting varied with greenish yellow and fuscous ; beneath, and 



with the crown of the head, yellow. 

 Emberiza brasiliensis. Briss. 3. 2gg. 13. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 



872. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 412. 43. 

 Le Guirnegat. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 36l . 

 Bruant du Bresil. Buff. PI. Enl. 321. f. 1. 

 Brasilian Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. \gj. 38. 



The size of a House Sparrow : beak and eyes 

 black : crown, throat, neck, and under parts, yel- 

 low: upper parts and tail varied with greenish 

 yellow and brown : legs brown : female very si- 

 milar in appearance to the common Sparrow, being 

 quite plain, and destitute of the rich colours of the 

 male. Inhabits Brasil. The male is said to have 

 an agreeable note ; the female only a chirp like 

 the Sparrow. 



