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CRIMSON BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza rubra.) 



E. coccinea, cervice dorsoque olivaceo nigroque variegatis, strigis 

 coccineis sparsis ; abdomine cinereo, remzgibus rectricibusque 

 nigris. 



Crimson Bunting, with the upper part of the neok and back va- 

 riegated with olive and black, sprinkled with crimson ; abdo- 

 men ash-coloured; quills and tail-feathers black. 



Emberiza rubra. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 877 • — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 

 409- 33. 



Moineau de l'isle de France. Buff. PL Enl. 665. f. 1. 2. 



Crimson Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 194. 30. 



Size of the House Sparrow : beak dusky : hind 

 part of the neck and breast variegated with black 

 and olive, with a few dashes of crimson ; of which 

 latter colour the head, breast, upper tail-coverts, 

 thighs, and rump are : lower part of the breast, 

 belly, and vent, cinereous : wings dusky, the mar- 

 gins of the feathers pale : quills and tail black, 

 with greyish green edges : legs pale flesh-colour, 

 Inhabits the Isle of France. 



