CHESTNUT-CROWNED SAND-FINCH. 
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entirely of tlie same brown as the back, the tips 
however are darker ; all the remaining under plu- 
mage is dirty white ; bill and legs pale ; lateral 
claws even. 
Total length nearly 6 inches ; bill from the gape, 
; wings, 3 ^ ; tail beyond, 1 T 6 3 ; ditto, from the 
base, 2J ; tarsus, T s 3 ; middle toe and claw, T 7 C ; 
hind ditto, 5 1 s . 
YELLOW-BELLIED OR CAPE BUNTING; 
Fringittaria Capensis, Swains. 
PLATE XVIII. 
Head black, with seven white stripes ; plumage above varied 
with rufous and grey ; beneath bright yellow , chin, under 
tail-covers, and tips of the lateral tail-feathers pure white. 
Ortolan a ventre jaune du Cap. de Bonne Esperanec, Bitffcm 
Emberyza Capensis, Pl.Enl. 664. 'fig. 2. Latham Omit- 
ting synonyms. — Emberyza flavigastcr, Ruppctt, Atlas, pi. 25. 
immature male. 
This is perhaps the most richly coloured species of 
the whole genus of Buntings ; a group which, with 
few exceptions, is more remarkable for its plain and 
sombre cast of plumage, than almost any other 
among the finches. 
There seems to be some confusion in our syste- 
