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INSESSORES. 

 CONIROSTPES. 



EMBEJUZIDM. 



THE COMMON BUNTING. 



Emberiza mil 



iria, Cimimon Bunting, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. 

 ,, ,, Mont. Oinith. Diet. 



435. 



The 

 Common 



Bruant proi/er, 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 171. 

 Flem. Brit. An. p. 77. 

 Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 268. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 130. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xiii. 

 Tem ji. Man. d'Ornith. v. i. p. 306. 



Emberiza. Generic Characters. — Beak conical, strong, hard, and sharp- 

 pointed ; the edges of both mandibles curving inwards ; the upper mandible 

 narrower and smaller than the under one, and its roof furnished with a hard, 

 bony, and projecting palatine knob. Nostrils basal and round, partly hidden 

 by small feathers at the base of the bill. Wings of moderate size ; the first 

 quill shorter than the third, which is the longest in the wing. Feet with three 

 toes before and one behind, divided to their origin ; claws rather long, curved, 

 and strong. 



The Common Bunting, so called because it is tlic spe- 

 cies of this genus that is almost universally known, is of 

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