aïo B U N T I N G.
58.
PLATA B.
L’Emberife à cinq codeurs, Bnf. oif. iv. p. 364.
Description*. J" E N G T H eight inches. Bill cinereous, convex, and
pointed ; the edges of the under mandible bend inwards :
irides chefnut : the upper parts of the plumage greenilh brown
verging to yellow, dulled on the head and rump, 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-
colour.
Place. This inhabits Buenos Ayres, on the river Plata, in South America.
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BOURBON B.
Le Mordoré, Buf oif. iv. p. 366»
Bruant de L'llle de Bourbon, PI. enl. 321. f. 2.
Description. H I S is the fize of a Yellow-hammer : length five inches
and a half. Bill brown : the whole plumage of an high rufous
red-colour, except the wings and tail, which are dulky red :
legs the fame, but tinged with yellow.
Place. Inhabits the IJle of Bourbon.
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RED-EYED B.
Le Calfat, Buf oif iv. p. 371.
Description* I Z E between a Linnet and a Sparrow. Bill, irides, and
legs, rofe-colour : head black: all the upper parts of the
body, wings, and tail, blueilh alh-colour ; . the laft edged with
black : the throat black : breaft, and belly, vinaceous : round
the
the eyes naked, and of a role-colourfrom the gape of the
mouth to the hind head a white ftripe: the under tail coverts
white.,
This inhabits the IJle of France, where it is called Galfat, or
Calfat,
Green-headed Bunting, Brown*'s III. p. 74. pi. 30. BILL brown : head and neck, as far as the breaft, dull olive
green : back, and wing coverts, dufky brown mixed with
black, paleft on the rump : the reft of the wings, bread:, and
belly, deep brown : tail brown, forked : legs yellowilh.
In the colleftion of M. funjlal, Efquire. That figured in
Brown’s Work, was caught in Mary-le-Bon Fields, by a bird-
catcher.
Le Bruant de Surinam, Brif orn. iii. p. 302. 15.
Le Gonambouch, Buf. oif. iv. p. 366.-—-Seba, i. p. 174« pi. no. f. 6.
g I Z E of a Lark : length five inches. The head grey : the
reft of the body pale grey ; but the upper wing coverts and
breaft are mixed with reddilh: the quills are white within;
without, grey mixed with red : the tail is not much unlike the
quills.
Inhabits Surinam, where it is common ; and is faid to fing as
fine as a Nightingale. Is fond of maize. The natives call it
Gonambueho.
Place.
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GREENHEADED
B.
Description.
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GREY B.
Description*
Place*
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