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of a dull brown colour, margined with paler brown, 

 and each marked with a white spot on the inner 

 web : legs flesh-colour. 



There is very great probability that this and the 

 preceding bird will eventually be found to be the 

 same, as they inhabit the same places, and are very 

 like in their general appearance, and it is well 

 known that these long-tailed Buntings all vary very 

 much, according to the season of the year or the 

 age of the bird. It is found in India and Angola. 



PANAYAN BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza panayensis.) 



E. nigra, macula pectoris coccinea, rectricibus quatuor interme- 



diis longissimis cequalibus acuminatis. 

 Black Bunting, with a crimson spot on the breast; the four 



middle tail-feathers even, very long, and acuminated. 

 Emberiza payanensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 885. — Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 1. 407- 26. 

 La Veuve en feu. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 167. 

 La Veuve a poitrine rouge. Buff. PI. Enl. 647 . 

 La Veuve de l'isle de Panay. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 11 7. t. j6. 

 Panayan Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 184. 21. 



The whole bird black, with the exception of a 

 large bright red spot on the breast : four middle 

 tail-feathers very long, pointed, all of one length, 

 and hanging down like the Whidah Bird : legs 

 black. Native of the Isle of Panay. 



