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PLATA BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza platensis.) 



IL.fusco-virescens, subtus cinereo-alba, dorso nigro maculato, oris 

 alarum extus remigibus rectricibusque Jlavo marginatis. 



Brownish-green Bunting, beneath ash-coloured white ; back 

 spotted with black ; outer part of the wing, quills, and tail- 

 feathers edged with yellow. 



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

 1. 417. 66. 



L'Emberise a cinq couleurs. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 364. 

 Plata Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 210. 58. 



The Plata Bunting is one of the largest of the 

 genus, being eight inches in length : the beak ash- 

 coloured, convex, and pointed : irides chesnut : 

 upper parts of the body greenish brown, approach- 

 ing to yellow, but dullest on the head and rump ; 

 back with a few black marks : under parts of the 

 body greyish white-: edge of the wing bright yel- 

 low : quills and outer tail-feathers margined with 

 the same : legs lead-coloured. Found at Buenos 

 Ayres, on the river Plata. 



