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INDIGO BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza cyanea.) 



E. cyanea, vertice saturatiore, rcmigibus rectricibusque Jttscis cce- 

 ruleo marginatis. 



Blue Bunting, with the top of the head darkest ; quills and tail- 

 feathers fuscous, margined with blue. 



Emberiza cyanea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1.876. — Lath. hid. Om. 

 1.416. 60. 



Tanagra cyanea. Lin. Syst. Nat. I. 315. 



Tangara carolinensis cserulea. Briss. 3. 13. 6. 



Le Ministre. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 86. 



Blue Linnet. Edwards. 273. lower figure. 



Indigo Bunting. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 235. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 

 205. 53. 



Length five inches : beak deep lead-colour : the 

 whole of the plumage bright blue ; darkest on the 

 top of the head : greater quills brown, with blue 

 edges : tail brown, with a slight tinge of blue : 

 legs brown. Female similar to a Linnet in colour : 

 and during the moulting time the male resembles 

 her, and is only to be distinguished by the edge of 

 the wing being deep brownish blue ; whereas that 

 part in the female is greenish brown. 



This bird is said to sing very sweetly, like the 

 Linnet : it is generally found in the inner parts of 

 Carolina, frequenting the mountains : it appears 

 in New York in the beginning of April, and affects 

 orchards during the time of flowering : it feeds on 

 millet : it is called in Carolina the Parson, and the 

 Bishop; and in Mexico, Azul lexos, or far-fetched 

 Blue bird. 



