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79.— GREY BUNTING. 



Emberiza grisea, Ind. Om. i. 418. Gm. Lin. i. 8S7. Shaw's Zool. ix. 417. 

 — — — Surinaiuensis, Bris. iii. 302. Id. 8vo. i. 393. 

 Le Gonambouch, Bvf. iv. 3GG. Se&a, i. 174. t. 110. f. C. 

 Grey Bunting, Gen. Syn. iii. 311. 



SIZE of a Lark; length five inches. Head grey; the rest of 

 the body pale grey ; upper wing coverts, and breast, mixed with 

 reddish ; quills white within ; and grey, mixed with red, without ; 

 the tail not much unlike the quills. 



Inhabits Surinam, where it is common; and said to sing as finely 

 as a Nightingale ; fond of maize. The natives call it Gonambucho. 



80— SURINAM BUNTING. 



Emberiza Surinaiuensis, Ind. Om, i. 418. Gm. Lin. i. 887. Shaw's Zool. ix. 400. 

 Le Proyer, Perm. Surin. ii. 200. 

 Surinam Bunting, Gen, Syn. ii. 212. 



LARGER than a Lark ; and not unlike it in colour. Bill rather 

 large, with a knob on the upper mandible, and the sides of the 

 lower one are higher than usual, and angular; the chin, breast, and 

 belly, are of a whitish yellow, marked with oblong black spots on 

 the breast. — Inhabits Surinam. 



81— BROWN BUNTING. 



LENGTH five inches. Bill pale brown ; general colour of the 

 plumage above pale red brown ; beneath very light tawny brown ; 

 chin, and middle of the belly, nearly white; lesser wing coverts 

 tinged with green, deeper near the bend of the wing; second quills 



