43d EMBERIZAN^. 



SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH GENERA AND SPECIES. 

 GENUS I. EMBERIZA. BUNTING. 



Bill short, conical, the upper mandible very narrow, and 

 having a compressed angular knob beneath; the gape-line 

 much deflected at the base ; wings of moderate length, the 

 second quill longest ; claws extremely compressed, rather long, 

 arched. 



1. Ember iza MUiaria. Corn Bunting. Upper parts light 

 yellowish-brown, streaked with black ; fore-neck and sides pale 

 yellowish-grey, marked with triangular black spots. 



2. Emberiza Cltrinella. Yellow Bunting. Back and wings 

 bright red, streaked with black ; male with the head and 

 throat yellow, the feathers of the upper part tipped with black ; 

 female with the yellow of the head obscured by dusky and 

 brown. 



8. Emberiza Cirlus. Cirl Bunting. Back and wings bright 

 red, streaked with black ; male with the head and throat black, 

 a yellow band over the eye, and another beneath it ; female 

 with the head greenish-brown, streaked with black. 



4. Emberiza Schoeniculus. Reed Bunting. Back chestnut, 

 streaked with black ; male with the head and throat black, and 

 a white line on each side from the lower mandible down the 

 neck ; female with the head of the same colour as the back. 



5. Emberiza Hortulana. Ortolan Bunting. Head and neck 

 greenish-grey, spotted with dusky; throat, space around the 

 eye, and a band from the bill downwards, yellow. 



GENUS II. PLECTROPHANES. LARK-BUNTING. 



Bill short, conical, the upper mandible narrow, and having a 

 compressed slightly prominent knob beneath; the gape-line 

 deflected at the base ; wings rather long, the first quill longest ; 

 claws slender, slightly arched, deeply grooved on the sides, that 

 of the hind toe elongated. 



