38 BIRDS. PASSERES. 19. Kinborixa, 



Bulfinch. Lewin t. 6g. Albin t. 59. 6. Wnlcot. t. 200, 



Hardly 6 inches long. Bill black : iris dusky : orbits blac/i - 



wing-coverts tipt with white, forming H line above the quills. 

 Female' dirty brown : crown black rVurrtp white. 



19. EMBERIZA. Bunting. 



76. E. Niualis. White: front pale chesnut : back black, 

 with pale chesnut spots : outer webs of the primary 

 quill-feathers, and middle tail-fearhers black. 



Snow Bunting. Br. Zool. t. .50. 'Lewin t. 81. Wnlcot. t. 211. 



Weight about an ounce and a quarter : size of the ch-iffinc h. 

 Bill yellowish, tipt with black : Hi's brown : orbits yellowish : front 

 pale chesnut: body above with oblong blackish fpots: rump and 

 beneath white : greater qnills black, white at the bafe ; fecondariej 

 white, with a black fpot on the inner-webs : outer tail-feathers 

 white, with a dusky fpot near the end : legs blackish. 



Female dull chefnut: brown above, paler underneath. 



2. Head, nec'<, cheeks and bac' tawny, with Mack fpots : breast 

 pale chefnut : lesser wing-coverts brown with white tips: greater 

 white with black tips : quills dull black. 



Tawny Bunting. Lewin t. 81.* Donovan t, 27. Walrot. t. an. 



3. Nee'-- and back grey with hlac' spots : throat white : breast and 

 belly with flame-colour waves : at the fetting on of the wings grey: 

 .5 first feathers blackish-brown, the rest white with a little brown at 

 the point : 3 outer tail-feathers white, the rest d;ir^ -brown. 

 Mounting Bunting. Mart. North, t. 13. /. i. H\ilcot. t. 210. 



Obs. Thefe 2 varieties have been considered as distinct fpecies ; 

 but till future obfervations shall clearly eftablish them as fuch, we 

 muft with Dr. Latham, consider 2 as the youug male bird, and 3 a 

 very old bird of E. Nivalis. 



77. E..dtrinella. Crown, throat and belly yellow : tail- 

 feathers blackish, the 2 outer-ones with an acute 

 white spot, on the inner side. 



Yellow hammer. Br. Zool. t. 50. Lf.cin. t. 84. Donovan. /. ug. 



Length 6 inches : extent 10 inches : weight 7 drachms. 

 "Bill bluish iris hazel :. back part and sides of the head tinged with 

 green: back and shoulders yellow-brown, with, dark4>ro.wn fpots : 

 rump dull orange: win^-coverts chefnut, wfth bl ick fpots : quills 

 dusky, the primaries edged with greenish-yellow on the outer-webs, 

 fecondaries with rusty-brown : tail a little forked, dusky with a 

 greenish-yellow edge : legs pale brown. Female dull brown. 

 2. Head and neck olive-green : breast brown : belly pale greenish- 

 brown : tail dusky, 

 Green^headed Bunting. Lewin. I. 84.* Brown, ill. t. 30. 



78. E. Cirhis. Above varied, beneath yellow, spotted on 

 the breast: over the eyes a yellow stripe: 2 outer 

 tail-feathers with a white wed^c-shaped spot. 



Cirl Bunting. Montague Ornith, Diet. i. tib'. frontlfp. 



Length 6 inches and'a half: wfl^ht aboi-it 7 drachms. 

 Sill bluish, pale beneath : iri.s hazel : cro;vn, napr, and upper-part 

 of the breast olive-green, the first with dusky streaks : acrofs the 

 eye a dusky streak, with a yellow one above and beneath it : throat 

 black, with a bright-yellow band below : bach and fcapulars chefnut, 

 the first with dusky streaks : rump olive-brown : 1-fser wing-coverts 

 olive-green, greater dusky with tbeirouter webs chefnut: greater 

 quills dusky, edged with green on the outer-webs ; lesser chefnut, 

 dusky down the middle : breast chefnut mixed with yellow: 2 mid- 

 ,dle tail-feathers chefnut, the Test black, the -2 'outer-ones with an 

 oblique white bar, the oiitmoft white on the outer-web: 'legs brown* 



female beneath with blackish fpots : chin and vent whitish. 



