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pale ; through the eye a ftreak of black ; from the bafe 
of the lower mandible, and round the chin, riling to the 
ears, another ftreakof black ; the under parts, as far as 
the bread:, pale afh-colour, dotted with black ; from 
thence to the vent deep rufous; leffer wing-coverts pale 
afh-colour ; the others rufous and black mixed ; the two 
middle tail-feathers rufous; the others part black and 
part white ; legs brown. The female is not fo large as 
the male ; bill black at the point ; upper parts much 
dike the male ; no black (freaks on the fide of the head ; 
but inftead, a whitifh trace over the eye, and a patch of 
rufous beneath it; the under parts are white, which paffes 
backwards on each fide of the neck, like a half colour. 
Inhabits Lorraine. 
13. Emberiza Ludovicia, the Louifianian bunting: 
bill rufous, fpotted with black; the head, throat, and 
fore part of the neck, pale rufous ; the top of the head 
is furrounded with a wreathed irregular (freak of black, 
fomewhat like a horfe-flioe ; beneath the eye is a (freak, 
and feveral leffer markings of black ; the upper parts of 
the body rufous, dallied with black ; the lower part of 
the back, the rump, and upper tail-coverts, black ; bread 
^and fides rufous ; belly, thighs, and under the tail, rufous 
white; greater wing-coverts black, with rufous edges. 
Inhabits Louifiana. 
' 14. Emberiza.pfittacea, the parrot bunting : fize of a 
fparrow: length eleven inches and a half: general co¬ 
lour a greyifit afli ; the bafe of the bill furrounded with 
pale red ; wings yellow and pale red mixed ; the tail the 
colour of the body ; the two middle feathers much longer 
than the others, and tipped with chefnut. Inhabits Brafil. 
15. Emberiza paradifaea, the paradifc bunting : fize of 
the hedge-fparrow : the bill lead-colour; irides hazel; 
the head, chin, and fore part of the neck, back, wings, 
and tail, black ; neck behind pale orange ; bread, and 
upper part of the belly, a full orange ; lower belly, and 
thighs, white; vent black ; the two middle tail-feathers 
are four inches in length, very broad, and ending in a 
long thread ; the two next are thirteen inches in length, 
very broad in the middle, narrower at the end, and ra¬ 
ther pointed ; from the middle of the (haft of this lad 
arifes another long thread ; the red of the tail-feathers 
are only two inches and a quarter long; the two middle 
long ones are placed fomewhat vertically, and appear un¬ 
dulated acrofs, and are more glofly than the others; the 
legs flefh-colour. The female is wholly of a deep brown, 
alrnod black ; but does not gain the full plumage under 
three years. This fpecies moults twice in a year. The 
male is deditute of the long taiKfeathers fix months out 
of twelve; it moults in November, when it fird lofes 
them, and the plumage is of a mixed black and reddidi 
colour, and the head dreaked black and white. It moults 
again late in the fpring, when it receives the fummer 
plumage ; but the tail-feathers are fcarcely complete till 
June, though they fall again in November. The females, 
when young, are nearly like the males in their winter 
drefs. This bird is common about Angola, and other parts 
of Africa; and is called la veuve , or widow bird, from 
the colour. But'Edwards gives another reafon for the 
name—being a corruption of Whidah, a tort in Africa, 
in the neighbourhood of which they are very common. 
Whidah bird, and widow bird, are founds very fimilar. 
They are often brought into Europe, where they fell for 
a great price, and frequently live many years, being in 
general lively aftive birds. 
16. Emberiza ferena, the dominican bunting : fmaller 
than the preceding: bill red; upper part of the head 
black, the crown rufous white ; the back part of the 
neck, beneath the head, is rufous white, which paffes 
forwards to join with the under parts, all of which, from 
the chin, and beneath the eyes, are alfo rufous white; 
the hind part of the neck, and back, are black, edged 
with white ; inner wing-coverts white ; reft of the wing 
black ; the quills edged with white ; the tail is black : 
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the two middle feathers are pointed at the ends, and are 
more than two inches longer than the others, all of which 
leflen in length as they are placed outwardly; three ot 
them, next to the middle feathers, have white tips, and 
the two outer ones are white on the infide, and pale ru¬ 
fous without. The female is of an uniform brown co¬ 
lour; and the feathers of the tail are all of equal lengths, 
the two middle ones not being longer than the others. 
This fpecies moults twice in the year, like the preceding’; 
and, like that, lofes, for a time, its long tail-feathers. 
17. Emberiza vidua, the widow bunting: fize fome¬ 
what lefs than a fparrow : bill red ; head, and all the up¬ 
per parts, of a greenifti black; fides of the head, and un¬ 
der parts, white, the black forming an half collar ; acrofs 
the wing-coverts is a band of white ; the quills are fringed 
with brown ; the tail-feathers are twelve in number ; four 
of thefe veryftong, the two middle ones being ten inches and 
a half in length, and the next on each fide nine inches ; the 
c-.hers even; the long ones are wholly black ; the others 
black on the outer webs, and white within ; the two co¬ 
lours obliquely divided, having mod white on the outer 
feathers ; legs black. Native of India. 
18. Emberiza principalis, the variegated bunting : bill 
red ; the upper parts of the head and body are black and 
rufous mixed, the black occupying the middle of each 
feather ; the fides of the head, and under parts, are white, 
except the bread:, which is of a pale rufous; the leffer 
wing-coverts are white, the greater black, with rufous 
edges; the tail is compofed of twelve feathers; the two 
middle ones exceed the others by five inches and a half; 
the next on each fide are one inch (horter, thefe are deep 
black ; the others, which are (liort, and of equal length, 
are of a dull brown colour, margined with pale brown, 
and marked each with a white fpot at the inner web ; legs 
flefh-colour. Edwards obferves, that this bird foon re¬ 
covers the long feathers after moulting, contrary to the 
Whidah, or paradife bird, which is often half a year with¬ 
out them. This fpecies is found at Angola, and’generally 
throughout India. 
19. Emberiza regia, the royal bunting: fize of a lin¬ 
net : bill red ; upper parts of the plumage black; fides 
of the head, and round the neck, rufous; the hind part 
of the neck is fpotted with black; lower part of the 
thighs and vent black; the four middle tail-feathers are 
ten inches long, and are webbed only about two inches 
- at the ends; the reft of them are fimple (hafts, with fcarce¬ 
ly the lead perceivable rudiment of a web ; the others are 
(hort and black. The female is brown, and has not the 
long tail-feathers. Thefe birds moult twice a-year, and 
in the winter the male is very little fuperior to a linnet 
in colour, having the plumage nearly like it, only the 
grey a little brighter. It inhabits Africa, from the coafts 
of which thefe birds are fometimes imported into Eng¬ 
land. 
20. Emberiza longicauda, the long-tailed bunting: a 
large fpecies, fize of a fong thru (It ; total length twenty 
inches ; from the bill to the fetting on of the tail only 
five. The bill is ftrong and dulky; the noftrils nearly 
hid in the feathers; the general colour of the plumage 
is deep glofty black ; the lelfer wing-coverts are crimfon, 
below this a bed of white ; fome of the quills are white 
at the bafe, but hid when the wing is clofed ; the fecond 
quills are as long as the prime ones ; the tail is compofed 
of twelve feathers, which hang fidevvays, like thofe on 
the fides of a cock’s tail; fix of the middle ones are very 
long, but unequal in themfelves, the two longeft are fif¬ 
teen inches, the next on each fide fourteen inches, and 
the next only eleven inches and a half; the others much 
(horter; the legs are brown, of the fize of thofe of a 
thrufli; claws long and hooked. This is indigenous to 
the Cape of Good Hope. 
21. Emberiza Panayenfis, the Panayan bunting: fize 
of a hedge-fparrow : colour wholly black, except a large 
bright red fpot on the bread; four of the tail-feathers 
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