388 



RICE BUNTING. 

 ( Emberiza oryzivora. ) 



E.jiisca, cervice riifescente, abdomine nigro, rectricibus mucro- 



natis. 

 Brown Bunting, with the nape of the neck rufeseent ; abdomen 



black ; tail-feather pointed. 

 Emberiza oryzivora. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1.311. 16. — Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 1. 880. — Lath. Lid. Orn. 1. 408. 30. 

 Fringilla oryzivora. Amcen. Acad. 4. 5/6. 

 Hortulanus Carolinensis. Briss. 3. 282. 8. t. 15. f. 3. 

 L'Agripenne, ou l'Ortolan de rise. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 



357.— Buff. PL Enl.388.f. 1. 

 Rice Bunting. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 325. — Edtv. 291. — Lath. 



Gen. Syn. 3. 188. 25. 

 /3. JuscO'olivacea, subtus Jlavescens, uropygio Jiavo ffusco trans- 



versim lineato, tectricibus alarum majoribus remigibusque nigns 



albo marginatis. 

 Olive-brown, beneath yellowish ; rump yellow, transversely 



striped with fuscous ; greater wing-coverts and quills black, 



with white margins. 

 Loxia Orizivora. /3. Lath. Lnd. Orn. 1. 408. 30. 

 Agripenne, ou Ortolan de la Louisiane. Biff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 



4. 339.— Buff. PL Enl. 388. f. 2.— Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. I89. 



25. A. 



This bird is the size of a Sparrow : beak dusky: 

 front and sides of the head, back, and all the under 

 parts black : the margins of the feathers on the head, 

 back, and thighs, rufous: back of the head and neck 

 buff-colour : lesser wing and upper tail-coverts 

 and scapulars dirty white : rest of the wing black, 

 with brown edges j the quills excepted, which are 

 edged with yellowish grey : tail black, slightly 



