490 EMBERIZID^. 



TNSESSORES. EMBER1ZIDM. 



CONIROSTRES. 



THE YELLOW BUNTING, 



OR YELLOW AMMER. 



Emberiza citrinella. 



Emberiza citrinella, Yellow Bunting, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 437* 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol i. p. 175. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 77. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 288. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 131. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xvi. 



Bruantjaune, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 304. 



THIS handsome Bunting is one of our most common birds 

 and the male makes himself conspicuous, in summer particu- 

 larly, by frequenting almost every wood-hedge, garden, lane, 

 or high road, flying from one low tree to another, or from bush 

 to bush, as the traveller proceeds on his way. From the bril- 

 liancy of his plumage, the fine lemon-yellow colour of the head 

 and breast, and the rich chestnut and brown of the back, this 

 might claim for his species much greater distinction was he 



