286 INSESSORES. EMBERIZA. 



GENUS EMBERIZA, LINN. BUNTING. 



GENERIC CHARACTERS. 



BILL conical, strong, hard, and sharp-pointed ; the tomia 

 of both mandibles bending inwards, and compressed towards 

 the point ; the upper mandible narrower and smaller than the 

 under one, and its roof furnished with a hard bony knob. 

 Base of the mandibles (or gape) forming an angle, and ra- 

 ther open. Nostrils basal and round, partly hidden by the 

 small feathers at the base of the bill. Feet having three toes 

 before and one behind ; the anterior ones entirely divided. 

 Claws rather long and curved. Wings with the first quills 

 rather shorter than the second and third, which are the long- 

 est in each wing. 



This genus, as now restricted, contains such species as 

 agree in the essential characters possessed by Emberiza mi- 

 liaria, E. citrinella, &c. Their food principally consists of 

 grain and seeds ; but, in summer, also of insects and larvae. 

 They have an extensive distribution, species being found in 

 all quarters of the globe. 



COMMON BUNTING. 



EMBERIZA MILIARIA^ Linn. 



PLATE LII. Fi&. 1. 



Emberiza miliaria, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 308. 3 Faun. Suec. p. 228 Lath. 



Ind. Ornith. v. 1. p. 402. sp. 12 Gmel Syst. 2. p. 868. sp. 3. 

 Emberiza alba, Raii Syn. p. 93. A. 1 Will. p. 195. t. 40. 

 Cynchramus, Briss. 3. p. 292. 10. 



Le Proyer, Buff. Ois. v. 4. p. 355. t. IG.^Id. PL EnL 233. 

 Bruarit Proyer, Temm. Man. d' Ornith. v. 1. p. 306. 

 Der Grauammer, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 262 Meyer, Tasschenb. 



Deut. v. 1. p. 180 Frisch, Vbg. t. 6. f. 2. B. 

 Bunting, Br. ZooL 1. No. 118 Arct. Zool. 2. p. 366. ~B.Albin. 2. t. 50. 



Will. (Ang.) p. 267. t. 40. Lath. Syn. 3. p. 171 -Mont. Ornith. Diet 



Lewin's Br. Birds, 2. t. 74 Wale. Syn. 2. t. 213. Pult. Cat. Dorset. 



p. 11 BewicVs Br. Birds, v. 1. p. t. 141 Low's Faun. Oread, p. 60 



Shaw's Zool. 9. p. 360. 



PROVINCIAL Corn Bunting, Bunting Lark. 



