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BLUE BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza caerulea.) 



E. caerulea rufo varia, subtus dilutior, vertice rufo, tectricibw 



alarum majoribus remigibus caudaque Juscis. 

 Blue Bunting varied with rufous ; beneath paler ; crown of the 



head rufous ; greater wing-coverts, quills, and tail, brown. 

 Emberiza caerulea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. QJQ.—Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 415. 59. 



Emberiza canadensis caerulea. Briss. 3. 298. 12. t. 14./. 2. 

 L'Azuroux. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 369. 

 Blue Bunting. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 234.— Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 

 205. 52. 



This bird has the beak pale: the crown dull 

 rufous : the upper parts of the neck and body 

 rufous and blue mixed; under parts the same, 

 but the rufous colour very pale : greater coverts, 

 quills, and tail, brown, with the outer edges ru- 

 fous : legs pale brown. Native of Canada. 



