PLATE VII. 



Emberiza CiriS: capite cjeruleo, abdomine fulvo, dorso-viridi, 



pennis viridi-fuscis Act, Stockh. 1750 p. 278 

 L l,f. l.—Liim, Syst, Nat 1. I'l^.—GmeL 

 Syst. I, p. 885. 



Fringiiia Tricolor, Catesby Car. I. p. 44. t. 44. 



Klein. Av. p. 97. 7. 

 Chlorls ludoviciana. Papa, Briss. 3. p. 200. 58. t. 8. /. 3. 

 Fringilla Mariposa, Scop. Ann. 1. No. 222. 

 Le Pepe Eiff. 4. p. 176. t. 9.— PI. Eiil. It9. f. I. 

 Cliina Bulfincli, Alh'in. 3. t. 68. 



Painted Bunting, Latli. Gen. Syn. S.p. 206. fA.—Supp, p. 159. 



Ind. Orn. T. 1./;. 416. 61. 



Tlie varieties of tlie very beautiful species now before us are 

 rather numerous, as may be imagined from its moulting twice in a 

 year, and not arriving, as it is pretty generally believed, at its full state 

 of plumage till nearly the third year. These are the progressive 

 changes of the male bird, and it may be also added, that the female 

 imders^oes several mutations of the same kind, as well as the male 

 }}ird, 



"When its plumage has attained its full perfection, there are 

 few birds of more striking beauty than the male of this species. Its 

 size is scarcely inferior to that of our common Hedge Sparrow, the 

 length between five and six inches. The head and neck of a fine 

 blue purple, with a circle of red round the eyes. The whole of the 

 underside, including the chin, throat, breast, and abdomen, is a 



