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EMBERIZA MILIARIA. THE CORN BUNTING. 



BUNTING. COMMON BUNTING. SPARROW. SPARIG. GEALAG BHUACHAIR. 



Fig. 78. 



Emberiza Miliaria. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 308. 



Emberiza Miliaria. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 402. 



Bunting. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Bruant Proyer. Emberiza :Miliaria. Temm. Man. d'Orn. I. 306. 



Common Bunting. Emberiza Miliaria. Selb. Illustr. I. 286. 



Emberiza Miliaria. Common Bunting. Jen. Brit. Yert. An. 130. 



Upper parts light yellowish-hrown, each feather hhcJcish-hrotni 

 along the shaft ; lower parts pale yellowish-grey, each feather of 

 the fore-neck tipped with a triajignlar spot of broicnish-blacJc. 



Male. — The Corn Bunting is a remarkably full and ro- 

 bust bird, which in colour bears a most intimate resemblance 

 to the Field Lark. Its bill is in all respects as described in 

 the generic character, as are the feet and organs of sense. The 

 plumage is ordinary, rather compact, the feathers ovate ; the 

 wings rather short ; the primary quills broad, and rounded, the 

 second longest, the third next, the first and fourth about equal ; 

 the secondaries broad, slightly emarginate, excepting the inner, 

 which are tapering ; the tail slightly emarginate. 



