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54 —RED-EYED BUNTING. 



Emberiza Calfat, Ind. Om. i. 418. Gm. Lin. i. 887. Buf. iv. 371. Skaiv's Zool. 



ix. 415. 

 Red-eyed Bunting, Gen. Syn. iii. 210. 



LARGER than a Linnet. Bill, irides, and legs, rose-colour ; 

 head black ; all the tipper parts of the body, wings, and tail bluish 

 ash-colour, the last edged with black; breast and belly vinaceous; 

 round the eyes rose-colour, and naked ; from the gape to the hindhead 

 a white stripe ; under tail coverts white. 



Inhabits the Isle of France, where it is called Calfat or Galfat. 



A. — Length seven inches and a half. Bill black ; general colour 

 of the plumage pale brown; wings and tail darker, the latter long; 

 all the under parts dusky white ; round the eye a bare, red, caruncu- 

 lated skin ; between the bill and eye, and round it, whitish ; tail 

 longish ; the bill has a few slender hairs at the base, and rounded at 

 top, but not so much as in the Grosbeak Genus ; legs pale yellow. 



Inhabits India, and called Red-eye ; the country name is Gou- 

 lah Chesma, or Gullaul Cheeshm. — Sir J. Anstruther. 



55.— GAUR BUNTING. 



Emberiza Asiatica, Ind. Orn. i. 419. Shaw's Zool. ix. 383. 

 Gaur Bunting, Gen. Syn. Sup. 160. 



LENGTH four inches and a half. Bill pale rose-colour; head, 

 neck, back, breast, and belly, cinereous, paler beneath ; wings ^md 

 tail brown, with pale edges ; legs pale blue. 



Inhabits the East Indies, and is called Gaur. — Lady Impey. 



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