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BUNTING. 



eye, chin, and fore part of the neck white ; at the lower part a bar 

 of reddish brown, like a collar ; breast yellowish ; from thence to the 

 vent dusky white ; the lesser wing coverts yellowish ; the rest of the 

 wing like the back, the edges of the feathers yellowish ; tail the 

 same, a trifle forked, but the two outer feathers on each side are 

 yellow; legs yellow. The female is not greatly different, but the 

 lesser wing coverts are pale ash-colour; sides of the head, chin, and 

 throat, dusky white. 



Inhabits the Falkland Islands : this approaches to the Habia vert 

 of Azara;* but although in general markings it appears similar, it 

 differs in having a reddish trace over the eye ; bill red as coral, with 

 the under part blue ; irides fine yellow ; legs brownish blue. 



This latter is common at Paraguay, usually in pairs ; and also 

 at the River Plate, and frequently repeats the word Toribio. 



9.— CIRL BUNTING. 



Emberiza Cirlus, Ind. Orn. i. 401. Lin. i. 311. Gm. Lin. i. 879. Raii, 93. 4. Will. 



196. Olin. uc. t. p. 50. Klein, 91. 3. Roman. Om. 114. t. 17. 2. Faun. Helvet. 



Gerin.m. t. 349. 1. Shaw's Zool. ix. 356. pi. 57. Tern. Man. d'Orn. 185. Id. 



Ed. li. 314. 

 Emberiza sepiaria, Bris. iii. 263. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 383. 

 Le Bruant de Haye, Buf. iv. 347. PL enl. 653. 1. 2. 

 Cirl Bunting, Gen. Syri. iii. 190. Id. Sup. ii. 199. Lin. Trans. v\. p. 276. Orn. 



Diet. Sf Supp. Br. Zool. 1812. i. p. 438. pi. 57. 



SIZE of the Yellow Bunting ; length six inches and a quarter. 

 Bill cinerous brown ; irides hazel ; head olive-green, with a dusky 

 line down the shaft of each feather; sides of the head yellow ; between 

 the bill and eye a dash of black, and some black markings on the 

 ears ; throat black, passing a little backwards under the ears, and 

 the yellow on the sides being divided, gives the appearance of a 

 double streak of yellow, one above, and the other beneath ; above the 



* No. 89. 



