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CRIMSON-BELLIED BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza coccinea.) 



E, corpore supra argenteo subtus coccineo, crisso albo, rostro 

 capite remigibusque nigris, postremis occipite et cauda ex atro 

 cceruleis. 



Bunting with the body above silvery, beneath crimson; vent 

 white ; beak, head, and quills, black ; hinder part of the oc- 

 ciput and tail of a dark blue. 



Emberiza coccinea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 873. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 I. 410. 34. 



Crimson-bellied Bunting. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 200. 3. 



Found in the woods at Baden in Germany: 

 about the size of the Yellow Bunting : beak, head, 

 eyes, and a streak beneath the beak, black : occi- 

 put black, with a blue gloss : body above silvery 

 grey ; beneath bright crimson : wings with a white 

 spot : vent white : tail similar to the occiput. 



