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EMBE.RIZA CIRLUS. THE CIRL BUNTING. 



Fig. 80. 



Emberiza Cirlus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 311. 



Emberiza Cirlus. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 401. 



Cirl Bunting. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



Bruant Zizi ou de Haie. Emberiza Cirlus. Temm. Man. d'Oru. L 313. 



Cirl Bunting. Emberiza Cirlus. Selb. lllustr. L 292. 



Emberiza Cirlus. Cirl Bunting. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 131. 



Male ivith the hack and icings bright red., the central part of 

 each feather h7'ownish-hlack^ the head and throat black ; a band 

 over the eye., another beneath it^ and a crescent-shaped patch on 

 the fore-neck., bright yellow; loicer part of neck all round didl- 

 green ; fore part of breast and sides yelloivish-red^ the rest yellow . 

 Female with the head greenish-broivn streaked with black., the 

 tipper parts as iu the male., the lower yelloicish., the breast and 

 sides streaked tcith brown. 



Male. — The Cirl Bunting is precisely similar in form to the 

 species last described, which it also very closel}^ resembles in 

 colour, although the male is always readily distinguishable by 

 the black of its throat. The plumage is soft and blended, the 

 feathers lanceolate ; those about the base of the bill terminated 

 by short bristles. The wings are broad and of moderate length ; 



