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SURINAM BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza surinamensis.) 



E. supra Jusca nebulosa, subtus Jlavescens, pectore nigro maculato. 

 Bunting above clouded with fuscous ; beneath yellowish ; breast 



spotted with black. 

 Emberiza surinamensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 887. — Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 1.418. 71. 

 Surinam Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 212. 63. 



Rather larger than a Lark, to which it is very 

 similar in colour : beak large, with the sides of the 

 under mandible higher and more angular than 

 usual in this genus : breast spotted with oblong 

 black spots, the ground colour of which, with the 

 chin and belly, are whitish yellow. Native of Su- 

 rinam. 



