COMMON BUNTING. 



IKSESSORES. 

 CONIROSTRES. 



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EMRERIZIDJE. 



THE COMMON BUNTING. 



Ember iza tniliaria. 



Emberiza miliaria, Common Bunting, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 435. 

 MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



T/ie BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. L p. 171. 



Common FLEM. Brit. An. p. 77. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 268. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 130. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xiii. 



Bruant proyer, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 306. 



EMBERIZA. Generic Characters. Beak conical, strong, hard, and sharp- 

 pointed ; the edges of both mandibles curving inwards ; the upper mandible nar- 

 rower and smaller than the under one, and its roof furnished with a hard, bony, 

 and projecting palatal knob. Nostrils basal and round, partly hidden by small 

 feathers at the base of the bill. Wings of moderate size ; the first quill shorter 

 than the third, which is the longest in the wing. Feet with three toes before 

 and one behind, divided to their origin ; claws rather long, curved, and strong. 



THE COMMON BUNTING, is so called because it is the spe- 

 cies of this genus that is almost universally known, is of 



