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GREY BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza grisea.) 



E. grisea, tectricibus alarum pectoreque ruhro mriegatis. 

 Grey Bunting, with the wing-coverts and breast variegated with 

 red. 



Emberiza grisea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 887. — Lath. Jnd. Orn. I. 

 418.70. 



Emberiza surinamensis. Briss. 3. 302. 15. 



Le Gonambouch. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 366. ' 



Grey Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 211. 62. 



Very common at Surinam : size of a Lark : 

 length five inches : head grey : the whole of the 

 body the same, but paler ; except the wing-coverts 

 and breast, which are inclined to reddish : quills 

 white within ; externally grey, variegated witli 

 red : tail similar to the quills. 



This bird is very fond of maize, and sings nearly 

 as fine as a nightingale; called by the natives of 

 Surinam Gonambucho. 



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