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MUSTACHOE BUNTING. 



that it is very abundant about inhabited places ; 

 and has much the note and habits of the Sparrow, 

 often settling like that bird on the ground, and 

 generally in pairs. Is found at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, and Cayenne. 



MUSTACHOE BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza provincialis.) 



E. griseo nigroque varia, subtus maculaque alarum alba, macula 



subocularijasciaque maxillari nigris. 

 Bunting varied with grey and black; beneath, and spot on the 



wing, white ; with a spot beneath the eye, and a band near the 



jaw black. 



Emberiza provincialis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 881. — Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. 1. 403. 15. 



Le Gavoue de Provence. Buff, Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 321. — Buff. 



PI. Enl. 656. 1. 

 Mustachoe Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 175. 10. 



Length near five inches : beak dusky : through 

 the eye a streak of white, passing on each side of 

 the neck ; beneath which is a large spot of black : 

 chin white : on each side of the throat, from the 

 under jaw, a black streak : upper parts of the body 

 brownish red : breast, and sides, pale brown, 

 spotted with black ; rest of the under parts white ; 

 with a bar of that colour across the middle of the 

 wings : quills dusky, edged with rufous ; tail the 

 same : legs pale brown. Inhabits Provence, where 

 it is not uncommon : it is called Chic-gavotte and 



