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GREY BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza grisea.) 



E. grisea, tectricibus alarum pectoreque rubro variegatis. 



Grey Bunting, with the wing-coverts and breast variegated with 



red. 

 Emberiza grisea. Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 1. S&7. — Lath. Ltd. Orn. 1. 



418. 70. 

 Emberiza surinamensis. Briss. 3. 302. 15. 

 Le Gonambouch. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 366. 

 Grey Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 211. 62. 



Very common at Surinam : size of a Lark : 

 length five inches : head grey : the whole of the 

 body the same, but paler ; except the wing-coverts 

 and breast, which are inclined to reddish : quills 

 white within ; externally grey, variegated with 

 red : tail similar to the quills, 



This bird is very fond of maize, and sings nearly 

 as fine as a nightingale; called by the natives of 

 Surinam Gonambucho. 



v. ix. p. ii. 'J8 



