BUNTING. 313 



20.— DOMINICAN BUNTING. 



Ernberiza serena, Ind. Orn.i. 405. Lin. i. 312. Gm. Lin. i. 883. Shaw's Zoo!, ix. 423. 

 Vidua minor, Bris. iii. 124. t. 8. f. 2. Id. 8vo. i. 341. 

 La Veuve Dominicaine, Buf. iv. 160. PI. enl. 8. f. 2. 

 Gros-bec, TVjh. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. lxxi. 

 Dominican Bunting, Ge«. <Sy?i. iii. 183. 



RATHER less than the last ; total length six inches and three 

 quarters. Bill red ; upper part of the head black ; crown rufous 

 white ; back part of the neck the same, passing forwards to join 

 with the under parts, all of which from the chin, are similar in 

 colour ; hind part of the neck and back black, the feathers edged 

 with dirty white ; inner wing coverts white, the rest of the wing 

 black ; quills edged with white ; tail black, the two middle feathers 

 pointed at the ends, and more than two inches longer than the 

 others, all of which shorten as they are more outward ; three of 

 them next to the middle ones have white tips, and the two outmost 

 are white on the inside, and pale rufous without ; legs grey. 



The female is uniformly brown ; the tail feathers equal in length. 

 It is said to moult twice in a year, as the last species, and the male 

 to lose for a time the long feathers of the tail. 



Its native place does not seem to be ascertained ; indeed, a bird 

 somewhat similar, is found at the Island of Bourbon,* but we are 

 by no means certain of its being the same. 



21— LONG-TAILED BUNTING. 



Emberiza Vidua, Ind. Orn. i. 405. Lin. i. 312. Gm. Lht. i. S83. Shaw's Zool. ix. 419. 

 Vidua major, Bris. \\u 127. Id. Svo. i. 342. Bvf. iv. 102. 

 Passer Tndicus cauda longissima, Pet. Gaz. t. 55. f. I. 



■ macronrus, rostro miniaceo, Rail, 87. Will. 184. t. 45. 



Long-tailed Bunting, Gen. Syn. iii; 181. Will. Engl. 251. §. X. 



LESS than a Sparrow. Bill red ; head and all the upper parts 

 greenish black ; sides of the head and beneath dirty white, the black 



* Hist, des Ois. 

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