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VARIEGATED BUNTING, 



inches; all four of them black: the remaining 

 feathers short and of the same length ; black on 

 the outer webs, and white within ; the outermost 

 feather the most white : legs black, claws pale. 

 May not this be a variety of the following? 



VARIEGATED BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza principalis.) 



E. variegata, pectorc riifo, rectricibus mediis quatuor longissimis f 

 rostro pedibusque rubris. 



Variegated Bunting, with the breast red, the four middle tail- 

 feathers very long ; beak and feet red. 



Emberiza principalis. Lin. Syst. Nat. I, 313. 22. — Gmel. Syst> 

 Nat. Y. 884. — Lath. Ind. Orn. \. 400. 23. 



Vidua angolensis. Briss. App. 80. 



La Veuve mouchettee. Buff. Hist. Nat t Ois. 4. 165. 



Long-tailed Sparrow. Edwards. 270. 



Variegated Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 181. 17 > 



This neat little bird is about the size of the 

 Whidah Bird : beak as in the last : the upper parts 

 of the head and body rufous, the middle of each 

 feather black : sides of the head and under parts 

 (except the breast, which is pale rufous) are white : 

 lesser wing-coverts the same : greater ones black, 

 edged with rufous : quills as the last : tail w r ith 

 twelve feathers, of which the two middle ones ex- 

 ceed the others by five inches and a half ; the next 

 on each side one inch shorter, all four black ; the 

 remaining feathers are short and of equal length, 



