YELLOW BUNTING, 



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INSESaORES. 

 CONIROSTRES. 



IIMBERIZIDM. 



THE YELLOW BUNTING, 



OR YELLOW AM3IER. 



Embevizu cUrbiella, Yelloiu Bunting, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 437. 

 ,, „ ,, ,, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 175. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 77. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 288. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 131. 



Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xvi. 

 Temm. Man.d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 304. 



Bruant jaune, 



This handsome Bunting is one of our most common birds, 

 and the male makes himself conspicuous, in summer particu- 

 larly, by frequenting almost every wood-hedge, garden, lane, 

 or high road, flying from one low tree to another, or from 

 bush to bush, as the traveller proceeds on his way. From 

 the brilliancy of his plumage, the fine lemon-yellow colour of 

 the head and breast, and the rich chestnut and brown of the 

 back, this bird might claim for his species much greater dis- 



