130 AVES INSESSORES. [EMBERIZA. 



within the arctic circle: nest said to be placed within the fissures of 

 rocks. Habits terrestrial : does not perch on trees. Food seeds and 

 insects. Obs. The Emberiza mustelina and E. montana of authors are 

 this species, either in its winter plumage, or in an immature state. 



(2. EMBERIZA, Meyer.) 



86. E. Miliaria, Linn. {Common Bunting.) Upper 

 parts yellowish brown, with darker spots : beneath yel- 

 lowish white, spotted and streaked with black. 



E. Miliaria, Temm. Man. d^Orn. torn. i. p. 306. Common Bunting, 

 Mont. Orn. Diet. Selb. Illust. vol. i. p. 286. pi. 52. f. 1. Bew. 

 Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 168. 



DIMENS. Entire length seven inches six lines: length of the bill (from 

 the forehead) six lines and one-third, (from the gape) seven lines and one- 

 third ; of the tarsus one inch one line ; of the tail two inches eleven lines ; 

 from the carpus to the end of the wing three inches nine lines : breadth, 

 wings extended, twelve inches three lines. 



DESCRIPT. Upper parts yellowish brown, inclining to olive, the shafts 

 of the feathers with longitudinal dusky streaks : under parts yellowish 

 white, spotted on the breast, and streaked on the sides, with dark brown : 

 quills and tail-feathers dusky, with pale edges ; wing-coverts tipped with 

 yellowish white: upper mandible dusky, under one pale: irides dark 

 hazel : feet pale brown. Obs. This species is occasionally found white, 

 or pied. (Egg.) Reddish white, or purple red ground, streaked and 

 spotted with dark purple brown : long. diam. one inch ; trans, diam. 

 eight lines and a half. 



Common throughout the kingdom, particularly in open cultivated 

 lands. Note harsh and inharmonious, heard at intervals during a great 

 part of the year. Food principally seeds. Nest placed on the ground, 

 formed of straw and fibrous roots, and lined with fine grass and hairs. 

 Congregates in the winter season. 



87. E. Schceniclus, Linn. (Reed-Bunting.) Head, 

 throat, and fore part of the neck, black : back and sca- 

 pulars reddish brown, with dusky streaks. 



E. Schoeniculus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 307. Reed-Bunting, 

 Mont. Orn. Diet. Selb. Illust. vol. i. p. 290. pi. 52. f. 3. Bew. 

 Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 176. 



DIMENS. Entire length six inches : length of the bill (from the fore- 

 head) four lines and a half, (from the gape) five lines and a half; of the 

 tarsus ten lines ; of the tail two inches seven lines ; from the carpus to 

 the end of the wing three inches one line: breadth, wings extended, 

 nine inches eleven lines. 



DESCRIPT. (Male in Summer.) Crown of the head, occiput, cheeks, 

 throat, and upper part of the breast, deep black : a white streak from the 

 corner of the bill downwards joining a collar of the same colour encircling 

 the nape and sides of the neck : back, scapulars, and wing-coverts, red- 

 dish brown, with a dusky spot in the middle of each feather : ruinp and 

 upper tail-coverts bluish ash, tinged with brown : sides of the breast, 

 belly, and under tail-coverts, white ; flanks with a few longitudinal dusky 

 streaks : quills dusky, edged with reddish : tail black ; the two middle 



