322 BUNTING. 



wings dusky ; quills and tail black, edged with greyish green ; lower 

 part of the breast, belly and vent, ash-colour; legs pale flesh-colour. 



The female is olive-green, paler beneath, the rest like the male. 



Inhabits the Isle of France. 



37.—CRIMSON-BELLIED BUNTING. 



Emberiza coccinea, Ind. Orn. i. 410. Gm. Lin. i. 873. Naturf. xiii. s. 199. (Sanders) 



Shaw's Zool. ix. 413. 

 Crimson-bellied Bunting, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 200. 



SIZE of a Yellow-hammer. The bill, head, eyes, and a small 

 streak beneath the bill, are black; hindhead and tail the same, glossed 

 with blue ; the rest of the upper parts silvery grey; neck, breast, and 

 under parts crimson ; vent white ; on the wings a white spot, the 

 breadth of a finger. 



Inhabits the woods of Baden, in Germany, and feeds on hemp, 

 and other seeds. 



38— RUDDY BUNTING. 



Emberiza rutila, Ind. Orn. i. 411. Gm. Lin. i. 872. Pall. It. iii. 698. Shaw's Zool. 



ix. 381. 

 Ruddy Bunting, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 201. 



SIZE of the Yellow-hammer. General colour rufous, tinged 

 with sanguineous ; beneath brimstone-colour ; wings rusty grey. 



Inhabits the willows on the banks of the river Onon, in Siberia, 

 towards the borders of Mongolia, but is a rare species. 



