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was met with at Oonalaflika, and Sandwich Sound, by 
our late voyagers. 
48. Emberiza Oonalaflika, the Oonalaflika bunting: 
length feven inches; upper parts of the body and tail 
pale brown, with a rufous tinge ; the under parts dufky 
white, dafhed with blackifli, as in the laft defcribed : the 
middle of the belly plain dufky white. Brought from 
Oonalathka, with thd preceding fpecies. 
49. Emberiza atricapilla, the black-crowned bunting : 
fize of the preceding; bill fhort and dufky; crown of the 
head a fine yellow'; forehead, and through the eyes, black, 
palling to the hind head, which is afh-coloured ; the up¬ 
per parts of the body are reddifh brown, marked down 
the middle of each feather with dark brown; coverts and 
quills fringed on the edges with a paler colour; rump 
pale olive brown ; chin dufky white; throat, bread, and 
belly, afh-coiour, marked down the middle of the lad 
with pale yellowifh buff-colour; tail even at the end, 
and of a plain brown; legs brown. Inhabits the Sand¬ 
wich Iflands. 
50. Emberiza pithyornus, the pine bunting : fize of 
the-yellow.hammer ; bill dull white; head fafciated ; fird 
a broadifh hoary dreak down the middle, and on each fide 
a black one meeting at the hind head; below this the 
nape is hoary; through the eyes a rufous ftripe; below 
it, on the cheeks, a triangular fpot of white, and on the 
temples one of black of the fame figure; fides of the 
neck, and throat, ferruginous ; on the bread a large tri¬ 
angular fpot; middle of the belly hoary ; fides rufous; 
vent.vvhitifh ; back and rump rufous; the coverts, and 
fecond quills, brown, edged with rufous; greater quills, 
and tail, blackidt, with white margins. The female is 
wholly varied with grey and pale rufous; bottom of the 
belly dufky white ; the-'red as in the male. Gmelin found 
this fpecies at Adracan, and on the fiiores of the river 
Don, among the reeds. It is alfo met with in the pine 
forefts of Siberia ; and from the Uralian chain quite to 
the Lena ; but it does not vifit Rudia, though fometimes 
found in winter about the Cafpian fea. 
51. Emberiza cinerea, the cinereous bunting : bill pale 
brown; upper part of the head chefnut, with a dafti of 
brown down the middle of each feather; the red of the 
upper parts the fame, but more inclined to grey; the 
rump wholly grey; upper and under tail-coverts rufous 
white ; the under parts dufky white, marked with chef- 
nut fpots ; quills, and tail, brown, edged with reddifh 
grey; legs pale brown. The female is much more inclined 
to grey. Inhabits America, migrating from the north into 
New York in March, and reds in flocks upon the lower 
branches of the jed cedars. 
52. Emberiza coerulea, the blue bunting: fmaller than 
the preceding; crown dull rufous; the upper parts of 
the neck, and body, mixed rufous and blue; beneath, 
the fame, but the rufous colour pale; greater coverts, 
quills, and tail, brown, with the outer edges rufous; legs 
brown. Inhabits Canada. 
53. Emberiza purpura, the mazarine bunting: bill 
deep lead-colour; the general plumage fine purple blue; 
the top of the head deeped ; greater quills brown, edged 
with mazarine blue ; tail brown, with a light tinge of 
blue ; legs brown. The female differs from the male, 
being much like the linnet in colour. The male is like 
the female in fnoulting-time, and is only blue when in 
full plumage. It may alfo at that time be known from 
the female, as the edge of the wing is of a deep mazarine 
blue, whereas in the female it is greenifh brown. This 
fpecies inhabits Carolina, where it is called by Come the 
parfon , by others the bifhop. It is chiefly found in the in¬ 
ner parts, an hundred and fifty miles from the fea, and 
frequents the mountains. Is faid to fing like our linnet. 
The Spaniards at Mexico call it, azul lexos, or far-fetched 
blue-bird. It is common at New York; comes the be¬ 
ginning of April, and frequents the orchards when in 
bloom; but principally feeds on millet. 
54. Emberiza ciris, the painted bunting: fize of a 
hedge-fparrow ; bill grey brown ; h ides hazel; head and 
neck violet; round the eyes red ; upper part of the back, 
and fcapulars, yellow green ; the lower part, rump, and 
all beneath, red; the leffer wing-coverts violet brown, 
with a tinge of red ; the greater of a dull greenifh colour; 
quills brown, with the edges green and red ; the tail is 
brown ; the two middle feathers inclined to red, and the 
others margined outwardly with the fame; legs brown. 
The female is dull green above, and beneath yellow- 
green ; quills brown, fringed with green ; the tail is 
brown and green mixed. This bird varies exceedingly : 
neither fex arrives at the full plumage till the third year. 
In the firft, both male and female are brown : the male 
has the blue head the fecond year, but the reft of the 
plumage is blue green; the wings and tail are brown, 
edged with blue green. The female, at that time, in¬ 
clines greatly to blue. Befides this, they moult twice in 
the year. Hence it is not w-onderful that fcareely any 
two birds are quite alike. They inhabit the warmer 
parts of Canada, and all the parts between that and Mex¬ 
ico, Brafil, Guiana, &c. At Carolina none are feen near 
inhabited parts, nor nearer than an hundred and .fifty 
miles from the fea. They build on the orange and ci¬ 
tron-trees, but are found there only in fummer. They 
feed on millet, fuccory, and other feeds ; and frequently 
are kept in cages in England. The Dutch breed thefe 
birds in Holland, like canary-birds. One variety of this 
bird has the under parts yellowidi, except a fmall fpot of 
red on the bread, which only lafts for a'time. The fol¬ 
lowing moult it difappears, and, inftead of it, the whole 
under fide is whitifh ; and the male greatly refembles the 
female. It is, perhaps, this variety which caufed Lin¬ 
naeus to fay that the female is blue all over, except the 
belly, which is white. Tire Spaniards call thefe birds by 
the name of maripofa\ the Englifli, nonpareil. 
55. Emberiza quadricolor, the four-coloured bunting: 
fmaller than the preceding ; bill dufky ; head, and neck, 
blue; back, wings, and end of the tail, green; upper 
part of the tail, and its coverts, and the middle of the 
belly, red ; the bread, and lower part of the belly, 
brown; legs flefh-colour. Inhabits Java. 
56. Emberiza cyanopis, the blue-faced bunting : lefs 
than a hedge-fparrow ; bill lead-colour ; the plumage on 
the upper parts green ; lower part of the back, and rump, 
rufous ; upper tail-coverts red ; the forehead, cheeks, 
and throat, fine blue, gradually changing into rufous to¬ 
wards the bread, which, with the belly, thighs, and 
fides, are of this laft colour; but the middle of the belly 
is red ; the quills are brown, with green edges ; the tail- 
feathers brown, except the two middle ones, which are 
green, and all of them fringed with red ; legs grey. Na¬ 
tive of Java. 
57. Emberiza viridis, the green bunting : fize of our 
greenfinch ; bill greenifh brown ; upper parts of the bird 
green ; the under, white ; quills and tail blue, w ith white 
lhafts ; legs black. Inhabits the Eaft Indies. 
58. Emberiza Platenfis, the Plata bunting: length 
eight inches ; bill cinereous, convex, and pointed ;■ irides 
chefnut; the upper parts of the plumage greenifh brown, 
verging to yellow, and marked with a few traces of black 
on the back; the edge of the wing bright yellow ; quills, 
and outer tail-feathers, edged with the fame ; the under 
parts of the body cinereous white ; legs lead-coleur. 
Native of Buenos Ayres, on the river Plata in South 
America. 
59. Emberiza Borboniae, the Bourbon bunting: this 
is the fize of a yellow-hammer ; bill brown ; the whole 
plumage of an high rufous red colour, except the wings 
and tail, which are dufky red ; legs the fame, but tinged 
with yellow. Inhabits the I fie of Bourbon. 
60. Emberizacalfat, the red-eyed bunting: bill, irides, 
and legs, rofe-colour; head black; all the upper parts 
of the body, wings, and tail, bluifh alh-colour; the laft 
edged 
