RED-RUMPED BUNTING. 40.5 



Bancroft speaks of a bird called Ktshee Kishee, 

 which is found at Guiana, and appears to belong 

 to this species : he says it is one of the most beau- 

 tiful of the feathered tribe ; and that it is brought 

 by the Accawan Indians, at the rate of two pis- 

 toles a pair, from the inland parts of the country, 

 and that many attempts had been made to convey 

 them alive to Holland, but without success. 



RED-RUMPED BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza quadricolor.) 



E, viridis, capite collogue cceruleis, cauda cum tectricibus abdomi* 



negue superiore rubris, pectore abdominegue infimo fuscescen* 



tibus. 

 Green Bunting, with the head and neck blue ; tail, its coverts, 



and the upper part of the abdomen, red ; breast and lower 



parts of the abdomen brownish. 

 Emberiza quadricolor. Gmef. Sgst. Nat. 1. 886. — Lath. Ind.- 



Orn. 1. 417. 63. 

 Le Quadricolor. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 3. 467. 

 Gros-bec de Java. Buff. PL Enl. 101. f. 2. 

 Red-rumped Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 208. 55. 



Less than E. Ciris : length five inches : beak 

 dusky : head and neck blue : breast and lower 

 part of the belly pale brown : back, wings, and 

 tip of the tail, green : upper part, and coverts of 

 the latter, and the middle of the belly, red : legs 

 pale flesh-colour. Inhabits Java. 



