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GREEN BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza viridis.) 



E. viridis, subtus alba, remigibus caudaque cceruleis. 



Green Bunting, beneath white, with the quills and tail caerulean. 



Emberiza viridis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 886. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 417- 65. 

 Chloris indica minor. Briss. 3. IQ7> 56. 

 Le Pavement bleu. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 181. 

 Green Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 209. 57- 



This is the size of the Greenfinch : beak green- 

 ish brown : upper parts of the plumage green ; 

 under parts white : quills and tail blue, with the 

 shafts white : legs black. Inhabits the East Indies 

 and very likely China, as it has occurred among 

 Chinese drawings, with very little variation from 

 the above. 



