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on as the true Buntings, has been lately divided 

 on account of some differences in the structure of 

 the wing and feet, and would be represented by 

 the E. milaria, or Common Bunting, placed sub- 

 generically under its trivial name, and the E. 

 sch&niculus, as Emberiza. In a limited Fauna, 

 however, we prefer keeping them together. The 

 Buntings are, in some of their forms, widely dis- 

 tributed. They are mostly solitary, or at least 

 appear only in parties amounting to the number 

 of the last broods. They frequent enclosed coun- 

 tries, but not those abounding with wood, except 

 during the breeding season. They are grani- 

 vorous ; and the hard internal knob of the upper 

 mandible enables them easily to remove the husks 

 from seeds. They breed on the ground, or on 

 low bushes, and possess a simple, often monoto- 

 nous song. 



EMBERIZA. Linn. Generic characters. Bill 



rather strong, culmen slightly arched, the 



internal roof of the mandible projecting in a 



hard knob ; maxilla strong, and forming an 



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