350 BUNTING. 



brown, edged with red brown ; quills dusky ; tail deep ash-colour, 

 even at the end, and the feathers a little pointed ; the wings, when 

 closed, reach one-third on the tail ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits the neighbourhood of Georgia, in America. — Mr. Abbot, 

 who furnished this description, with a drawing of the bird, mentions 

 it as a distinct species, and rather uncommon. 



82 —PLATA BUNTING. 



Emberiza Platensis, Ind. Orn. i. 417. Gm.Lhi.i. 806. Shaw's Zoo/, ix. 411. 



Emberise a cinque couleurs, Buf. iv. 364. 



Habia des lieux aquatiques, Voy. d'Azara, iii. No. 90. 



Plata Bunting, Gen. Syn. iii. 218. 



LENGTH eight inches. Bill cinereous, convex, and pointed ; 

 edge of the under mandible bending inwards; irides chestnut; the 

 plumage above greenish brown, verging to yellow; duller on the 

 the head and rump, with a few traces of black on the back ; edge 

 of the wing bright yellow ; quills and outer tail feathers edged with 

 the same; beneath the body cinereous white; legs lead-colour. 



Inhabits Buenos Ayres, on the River Plate, in South America ; 

 said to feed on insects, in preference to fruits. 



END OF VOL. V. 



JACOB AND JOHNSON, PRINTERS, 

 WINCHESTER. 



