PAINTED BUNTING. FEMALE. 
Innagea Cyanea. Lin. Syst . i. p.3 1 6 — 6. 
This, like the male, does not attain its full plumage until the third year, 
at which time the upper parts are of a dull green, and all the under parts of 
a yelloAvish green ; the wings and tail are dusky brown, edged with green. 
They breed in Carolina, and make their nest in the orange tree, which 
in particular they seem to prefer, but do not continue there during the 
winter. 
They very soon become familiar, and there is every reason to believe, 
with proper care and attention, they would breed with us, as they are said 
to have done so in Holland. They feed on millet, canary, succoiy, 8cc. 
and when once properly seasoned to the climate, live eight or ten years. 
These birds vary exceedingly, not only as they are some years in arriv- 
ing at the height of their colour, but likewise as they moult twice a year; 
it will not therefore seem surprising that scarce any two should be found 
exactly to resemble each other. 
