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America, Australia, New Zealand, or, I believe, the islands of the 
Eastern archipelago. The numerous species of which the family is 
composed are divisible into many genera; and the ten species recog- 
nized as inhabiting Britain have been divided into six or seven. 
The food of all, both of those which frequent our islands and of those 
found in other countries, is of a mixed character, seeds of various 
kinds constituting its main portion ; but insects and their larve are 
largely partaken of, and probably form at first the sole nourishment 
of the young. 
Genus Euprriza. 
151. EwprrizA CITRINELLA . . . . . . Vol. III. Pl. XXII, 
YELLOWHAMMER or YELLOW Buntina. 
Very generally dispersed over the three kingdoms; breeds and 
rears its young between spring and midsummer. British specimens 
differ considerably in the colouring of their plumage, and are very 
much less in size than continental examples. 
5) MMBERIZA CIRLUS . « =. « « .» .» Vols LED, Pl. XXII, 
Cir Buntine. 
A resident, but somewhat local; breeds in most of our southern 
counties, particularly in chalky districts, and annually as near to 
London as Cookham, in Berkshire; very scarce in Scotland, and 
neyer seen in Ireland. 
Nee MBRRTIZ’ RUSTICA 5. «oe» «a ie Vol. EDD. Pl, XXTY. 
Rustic Buntine. 
The native habitat of this bird is the eastern part of Europe and 
the neighbouring countries. Has been killed near Brighton, for the 
particulars of which circumstance see ‘The Ibis’ for 1869, p. 128, 
and the letterpress facing the figure in the present work. 
154. Ewperiza PUSILLA See ee Be WOE ADIL IL Oye 
Dwarr Bunrine. 
Inhabits Northern and Eastern Europe, Siberia, China, and the 
Himalaya Mountains. Has been once killed in England, vide ¢ Ibis,’ 
1865, p. 118, and the account opposite the present plate. 
Genus CRrITHOPHAGA. 
155. CrirHoPpHAGA MILIARTIA em Gere Vol ee Pin ee Vit 
Common Buntinc. 
A truly British species, which is also found in Central and Southern 
Europe, Northern Africa, Asia Minor, and Persia. Breeds in our 
three kingdoms ; is solitary in its habits, being generally seen sitting 
