420 VARIEGATED BUNTING. 



inches ; all four of them black : the remaining 

 feathers short and of the same length ; black on 

 the outer webs, and white within ; the outermost 

 feather the most white : legs black, claws pale. 

 May not this be a variety of the following ? 



VARIEGATED BUNTING. 

 (Embcriza principalis.) 



E. variegata, pectore ritfb, rectricibus mediis quatuor longissimis, 

 rostro pedibusque rubris. 



Variegated Bunting, with the breast red, the four middle tail- 

 feathers very long ; beak and feet red. 



Emberiza principalis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 313. 22. — Gmel. Syst. 

 Nat. 1. 884. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 406. 23. 



Vidua angolensis. Briss. App. 80. 



La Veuve mouchettee. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 165. 



Long-tailed Sparrow. Edwards. 270. 



Variegated Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 181. If. 



This neat little bird is about the size of the 

 Whidah Bird : beak as in the last : the upper parts 

 of the head and body rufous, the middle of each 

 feather black : sides of the head and under parts 

 (except the breast, which is pale rufous) are white : 

 lesser wing-coverts the same : greater ones black, 

 edged with rufous: quills as the last: tail with 

 twelve feathers, of which the two middle ones ex- 

 ceed the others by five inches and a half; the next 

 on each side one inch shorter, all four black ; the 

 remaining feathers are short and of equal length, 



