334 BUNTING. 



Fringilla Brasiliensis, Seba, i. 103. t. 66. 5. 

 La Veuve eteinte, Buf. iv. 168. 

 Psittaceous Bunting, Gen. Syn. iii. 178. 



SIZE of a Sparrow ; length eleven inches and a half. General 

 colour of the plumage dull greyish ash ; the base of the bill sur- 

 rounded with pale red ; wings yellow, and pale red mixed ; the tail 

 like the body in colour, the two middle feathers much longer* than 

 the others, and tipped with rufous. 



Inhabits Brazil. 



62— RICE BUNTING. 



Emberiza oryzivora, Ind. Orn. i. 408. . Lin. i. 311. Gin. Lin. i. 880. Shaw's Zool. 



ix. 389. 

 Fringilla oryzivora, Amcen. Acad. iv. 576. 



Hortulanus Carolinensis, Bris. iii. 282. t. 13. 3. Id. 8vo. i. 387. 

 Emberiza Carolinensis, Klein, 92. 6. Id. 163. 5. 

 Gros-bec, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. lxxi. 



L'Agripenne, ou L' Ortolan de Riz, Buf. iv. 357. PI. enl. 388. 1. 

 Le Chipiu a tete jaune, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 131. 

 Rice Bunting, Gen. Syn. iii. 188. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 325. Cates. Car. i. pi. 14. Edw. 



pi. 291. Bartr.'Trav. p. 289. 295. Amer. Ornith. V. ii. pi. xii. f. 1. 2. 



SIZE of a Sparrow ; length from six to seven inches, breadth 

 eleven and a half. Bill dusky ; irides brown, or hazel ; fore part 

 aud sides of the head, all the under parts, and the back, are black ; 

 the feathers of the head, back, and thighs, have rufous margins; 

 back part of the head and neck plain rufous, but pale, or rather 

 buff-colour ; scapulars, and lesser wing, and upper tail coverts, dirty 

 white ; the rest of the wing feathers black, with brown edges ; quills 

 edged with yellowish grey ; tail black, in shape rather forked, all 

 the feathers ending in a sharp point, and the tips brownish ; legs 

 brown. 



* Three times the length, according to Seba. 



