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are very long and pointed, hanging down like thofe of 
the whidah, or paradife bird, and are all of a length. It 
inhabits the I He of Panay. 
22. Emberiza. Angolenfis, the Angola bunting: fize 
of a finch : bill Ihort, like that of a bulfinch ; top of the 
head and neck yellow ; reft of the body black ; tail long.- 
Salerne calls the breaft fire-coloured, in his fpecific de- 
feription of it, which fuggefts that it may have fome re¬ 
ference to the laft fpecies. Native of Angola. 
23. Emberiza Capenfis, the Cape bunting : bill dufky, 
upper part rufous-yellow, varied with black; top of the 
head and neck grey and black mixed ; fides of the head 
and chin white, crofted with two ftreaks of black, the one 
through the eyes, the other beneath them; the under 
parrs yellowifh white; the lefler wing-coverts rufous; 
the greater ones, quills, and tail, dufky, with rufous 
edges. Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. There are 
three other varieties of this bird. In the firft, the top of 
the head and fides are yellowi fit white ; over the eye from 
the noftrils an arched ftripe of black; behind the eye a 
fecond ; and from the lower mandible another, quite ir¬ 
regular ; the lower part of the neck and back are brown; 
all the under parts yellow, inclining to red on the breaft, 
and verging to white at the chin and vent. The fecond 
variety has the upper parts rufous brown; the middle of 
the feathers dufky; the rump afh-colour; the middle of 
the wing rufous longitudinally the whole way from the 
bend ; the under parts of the body white ; the head is 
not black, but only two black ftreaks on the fides ; the 
tail wholly brown, edged with rufous. The third va¬ 
riety has the top of the head variegated with black and 
grey, and two ftreaks of black in the fame places as the 
preceding, but broader; fides.of the head grey, under 
parts dirty white ; fides of the body pale rufous. But¬ 
ton fays this is common at Cayenne, where it is called 
.ionjour-commandeur, from its cuftorn of frnging at day¬ 
break. ’ 
24. Emberiza fufea, tire brown bunting: fize of the 
yellow-hammer; bill flefh-cotoured ; noftrils covered with 
fmall tufts of feathers ; on the cheeks, and beneath the 
bill,, are other tufts ; head pale brown ; back, wings, and 
breaft, the fame, fpotted with darker brown ; belly white; 
quills and tail brown, barred with deep brown; legs rofe- 
colour. Inhabits China. 
23. Emberiza oryzivora, the rice bunting: fize of 
the fparrow ; bill dufky; the fore part and fides of the 
head, ail the under parts, and the back, are black ; the 
feathers-on the head, back, and thighs, have rufous mar¬ 
gins ; the back part of the head and neck are plain ru¬ 
fous, but pale, or rather buff-colour; fcapulurs, and lef- 
fer wing and upper tail-coverts, white; the reft of the 
wing-feathers black, edged with brown ; the quills edged 
with yellowifh grey ; the tail is black; in fhape rather 
forked; all the feathers ending in a (harp point; the tips 
brown. The female is of the fame fize and fhape, but 
the general colour rufous, verging to brown. This fpe¬ 
cies is migratory, but does not exceed the bounds of Ame¬ 
rica. It is found in Cuba in flocks .about September, 
and from thence they take their departure for Carolina, 
and fo on to other parts, flaying in each only fo long as 
the rice continues green; for when ripe they will not 
touch it. They appear in Rhode Ifland and New York 
at the end of April, or the fecond week in May, fre¬ 
quenting the borders of fields, and living on infeiSts, &c. 
till the maize is fit for their palate; when they begin by 
pecking holes in the fides of the hufks, and, after fati- 
ating themfelves, go on to another; which admits the. 
rain, and fpoils the plants. They continue there during 
the fummer, and breed, returning as autumn approaches, 
to the fouthward. They are frequently found mixed with 
the red-winged oriole, and are alfo feen with the blue 
jays. The males and females do not arrive together, 
the females come firft. This fpecies is known in Ame¬ 
rica by the names of Bob Lincoln and conquedle ; and is 
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called by fome the white-backed maize thief; but is faid 
to have a fine note. There is a variety of this fpecies 
with the head, neck, body, and upper wing-coVerts, olive 
brown; the Under parts pale yellow ; the rump and up¬ 
per tail-coverts yellow, crofted with lines of brown ; the 
greater wing-coverts are black, edged with white. This 
is found in Louifiana, and has ail the habits of the pre¬ 
ceding. 
26. Emberiza cirlus, the cirl bunting : fize of the yel¬ 
low-hammer ; bill brown ; head olive green, with a dufky 
line down the (haft of each feather; fide of the head yellow, 
with a dafh of black between the bill and eye ; the hind 
part of the neck, back, and rump, brown ; the feathers 
dufky in the middle ; the under parts, from the chin, are 
yellow; the breaft inclining to brown, and a'few dufky 
ftreaks on the fides of the body ; acrofs the throat a yel¬ 
low band; the tail is brown, edged with grey, and a fpot 
of white on the inner web for half the length. The fe-. 
male is not unlike the male on the upper parts ; the un¬ 
der are yellow, ftreaked with dufky, inclining to white 
at the chin and vent; in fome the breaft inclines to green. 
Thefe birds inhabit the warmer parts of France and Ita¬ 
ly, and frequent newly ploughed lands, feeding on grain, 
worms, and infects ; they are often found among flocks 
of chaffinches. 
27. Emberiza cia, the foolifh bunting: bill dufky; 
head afh-colour, fpotted with black; the reft of the up¬ 
per parts rufous grey, with a blackifh fpot down the 
(haft of eaeh feather, inclining mod to rufous on the 
rump; (ides of the head grey; over the eyes a white 
(f reak ; and through the eyes, from the bill, a black one ; 
the under parts of the body rufous, but almoft white on 
the throat; breaft inclining to cinereous; quills dufky, 
edged with white; tail black; the two outer feathers 
beyond the middle white. The female has a cinereous 
line on tire crown, varied on the (ides with ferruginous 
and black. This fpecies frequents the warmer parts pf 
Europe, and chiefly inhabits in the mountainous diftridts, 
where it is folitary ; it has gained the name of foolifh 
fparrow, from being fo tame as to be caught by anv fnare. 
It is found in the fouth of Siberia, front the river Jeneife 
to the lake Baikal, but neither in Ruffia nor the-weft of 
Siberia. 
28. Emberiza quelea, the black-faced bunting : fize of 
the houfe fparrow ; bill ftout and red ; forehead, throat, 
and cheeks, black ; the reft of the head and upper parts 
rufous grey ; the middle of the feathers on the back and 
upper parts dufky ; the under parts pale rufous, inclining 
to white on the breaft and belly; quills and tail blackifh, 
with cinereous margins ; legs flefh-coloured. The female 
wants the black about the head, othenvife like the male. 
Native of Africa. There is a variety of this bird with 
the head, neck, and under parts, red, inclining to rufous ; 
the upper parts brown and dufky mixed; the forehead, 
between the bill and eye, and round the throat, black. 
Inhabits Senegal. 
29. Emberiza textrix, the weaver bunting: fize of a 
chaffinch; bill horn-colour; the plumage above reddifh 
brown ; over each eye, and down the middle of the crown, 
a ftreak of yellow ; fides of the head mottled yellow and 
black ; rump and under parts yellow; down the middle 
of the breaft ablack ftreak, broad, and a little divaricated 
on the fides. In winter the yellow colour difappears, and 
the bird is wholly of a brownifh colour, like a fparrow. 
This bird, like the weaver oriole, lias the difpofition to 
interweave filk between the wires of its cage. 
30. Emberiza rubra, the crimfon bunting : bill dufky ; 
head, breaft, rump, upper tail-coverts, and thighs, crim¬ 
fon; hind part of the neck and back blackillt and olive 
mixed, with here and there a dafh of crimfon; wings 
blackifh, with pale edges; quills and tail black, edged 
with greyifh green; lower part of the breaft, belly, and 
vent, afh-colour; legs flefh-colour. Inhabits the I fie of 
France. 
31. Emberiza 
