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FAMILIAR BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza familiaris.) 



E. cinerea griseo-ynaculata, apicibus rectricum albis, dorso postico 

 flavo. 



Ash-coloured Bunting, spotted with grey, with the tips of the 

 tail-feathers white ; lower part of the back yellow. 



Emberiza familiaris. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1.311. 13.— Gmel. Syst, 

 Nat. 1. 879- — Lath, Ind. Orn. 1. 410. 35. 



Le Pruant familier. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 367. 



Familiar Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. ig4. 31. 



This interesting bird was discovered by Mr. 

 Osbeck : it is a native of Java, and is extremely 

 docile, as it will jump upon any person's hand that 

 opens its cage door ; will sing very sweetly when 

 whistled to, and go and bathe itself in a dish of 

 water that is presented to it : it is the size of Frin- 

 gilla spinus : beak narrow and black : head, neck, 

 breast, and upper parts of the body ash-coloured, 

 the latter spotted wi th brown : lower parts of the 

 back and rump yellow : tail- coverts white : tail 

 tipped with the same : said to feed on rice. 



