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RED-EYED BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza Calfat.) 



E, cinerascens, capite gulaque nigris, pectore abdomineque vina- 

 ceis, regione oculorum nuda rosea, lateribus capitis Jascia aiba. 



Cinerascent Bunting, with the head and throat black ; breast and 

 abdomen vinaceous; region of the eyes naked and rose-co- 

 loured ; sides of the head with a white band. 



Emberiza Calfat. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 887. — Lath. Ind. Orn, 

 1. 418. 68. 



Le Calfat. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 371. 



Red-eyed Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 210. 60. 



This bird inhabits the Mauritius, and is there 

 called Calfat : it is rather larger than a Linnet : 

 beak and irides rose-coloured : head and throat, 

 black : upper parts of the body, wings, and tail, 

 blueish-ash ; the tail with black margins : breast 

 and belly vinaceous : from the gape of the mouth 

 to the back of the head a white stripe : space round 

 the eyes bare of feathers, and rose-coloured, as are 

 the legs : under tail-coverts white. 



