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PSITTACEOUS BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza psittacea.) 



E. cinereo-fusW) alisjidvis, rectricibus duabus intermedin longis- 



simis. 

 Cinereous-brown Bunting, with the wings rufous, and the two 



middle tail-feathers very long. 

 Emberiza psittacea. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1.312. 18. — Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 1. 882. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 404. \Q. 

 Linaria brasiliensis longicauda. Briss. 3. 147. 35. 

 La Veuve eteinte. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 168- 

 Psittaceous Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 178. 14. 



The Psittaceous Bunting is the size of the 

 House Sparrow : length about six inches : base 

 of the beak surrounded with pale red : prevailing 

 colour of the plumage dull greyish ash : wings pale 

 red and yellow mixed : tail similar in colour to 

 the body : two middle feathers nearly three times 

 the length of the body, and tipped with chesnut. 

 Native of Brasil. 



