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ORANGE-SHOULDERED BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza longicauda.) 



E. nigra, humeris fuhis albo marginatis, rectricibus elongatis 6 



intermedin longissimis. 

 Black Bunting, with the shoulders fulvous margined with white; 



the six middle tail-feathers very long. 

 Emberiza longicauda. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 884. — Lath. Lid. 



Orn. 1. 406. 25. 

 La Veuve a epaulettes. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 1(54. — Buff. 



PI. Enl. 635. 

 Yellow-shouldered Oriole. Brown. III. 11. 

 Orange-shouldered Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 184. 20. 



The Orange-shouldered Bunting is the size of 

 a Song Thrush : beak strong and dusky ; the nos- 

 trils almost hid in the feathers : plumage above 

 and below glossy black : lesser wing-coverts crim- 

 son, below which is a white spot : some of its 

 quills white at the base, but that is hid when the 

 wings are closed : secondaries nearly as long as 

 the primaries : tail, consisting of twelve feathers, 

 hanging sideways ; the two middle ones fifteen 

 inches in length, the next an inch shorter ; the 

 next two inches and a half less ; and the rest of 

 the tail very short : legs large and brown : claws 

 long and hooked. Inhabits the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



