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YELLOW-BELLIED BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza flaviventris.) 



E. supra varia, subtus flava, lateribus capitis strigis tribus nigris 



in maculam ad nucham coeuntibus. 

 Bunting above varied, beneath yellow, with the sides of the head 



with three black striae, continued, and forming a spot of that 



colour, towards the nape. 

 Emberiza capensis. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 407 . 28.-/3. mas. y. 



fcemina ? 



L' Ortolan a ventre jaune du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Buff. 



Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 326.— Buff. PL Enl. 664./. 2. mas. 

 Ortolan du Cape de Bonne Esperance. Buff. PI. Enl. 664. 1. 



fcemina ? 



Cape Bunting, Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 186. a. male. b. female. 

 /S. supra varia, subtus albida, vertice griseo nigroque vario, striga 



pone oculos maxillarique nigra, pectore cinerascente. 

 Above varied, beneath whitish, crown varied with grey and 



black, with a stripe of that colour near the eyes, and another 



near the jaws, breast ash-coloured. 

 Emberiza Capensis. £. Lath. Ind. Orn. l. 408. 28. 

 Le Bonjour Commandeur. Buff. Hist. Nat, Ois. 4. 36p. 

 Bruant du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Buff. PI. Enl. 386./. 2. 

 Cape Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 18/. c. 



The Yellow-bellied Bunting varies exceedingly: 

 it is generally above six inches in length : beak 

 dusky : top and sides of the head yellowish white : 

 from the nostrils to the hind head, over the eye, 

 an arched black stripe ; another behind the eye ; 

 and an irregular one passing from the lower jaw to 

 the back of the head, which it entirely surrounds, 

 and unites to the other two : on the nape is a spot 



