346 BUNTING. 



Passe bleu de Cayenne, Buf. iv. 495. PL enl. 203. 2. 



Blue Linnet, Edw. p. 273. — 'lower figure. 



Blue Tanager, Gen. Syn. iii. 234. 



Indigo Bunting, Gen. Syn. iii. 205. Arct. Zool. ii. 235. 



SIZE of a Siskin ; length five inches; extent eight. Bill deep 

 lead-colour ; plumage in general fine blue, deepest on the crown ; 

 greater quills brown, edged with blue ; tail brown, even, with a 

 light tinge of blue; legs brown. 



In some specimens a black mark appears between the bill and 

 eye. — The female is brown, not unlike a Linnet. The young bird, 

 and indeed the male, in moulting time, is like the female, being 

 blue only when in full plumage. It may, however, be known at 

 that time from the female, as the edge of the wing is of a deep 

 brownish blue; whereas, in the female it is greenish brown. 



This inhabits Carolina; where it is called by some the Minister, 

 by others the Bishop : chiefly found in the inner parts, 150 miles 

 from the sea, and frequents the mountains. Said to sing like a 

 Linnet. The Spaniards at Mexico, call it Azul lexos, or Far-fetched 

 Blue Bird : feeds on millet : is common at New York : comes the 

 beginning of April, and mostly in orchards when in bloom. It is 

 rare in Georgia, and there called Summer Blue Bird. 



Mr. Abbot observes, that the nest is near the ground, in a low 

 bush, made with dry grass, and lined with finer materials ; it fre- 

 quents old fields on Savanna River; but is not common. 



A. — Emberiza cyanella, Mux. Carls, ii. t. 42, 43. Gin. Lin. i. 887. 



Bill and legs yellowish ; head, neck, rump, and under parts of 

 the body glossy blue; shoulders, and interscapulars blue, and fer- 

 ruginous mixed ; quills and tail brown, edged with blue. 



The female is mixed brown, ferruginous, and blue; quills and 

 tail as in the male. — Inhabits North America. 



