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PASSERES. 



EMBERIZID^E. 



EMBERIZIDSE. 



EMBEEIZA MILIARIA, Linnaeus*. 

 THE BUNTING. 

 Emberiza miliaria. 



THE BUNTING or Common Bunting, as most English 

 writers for nearly a century bave called it though it is by 

 no means the commonest or the best-known of the group of 

 birds named from it is yet of frequent occurrence in nearly 

 all the cultivated districts of this country, and remains here 

 throughout the year. Being most usually observed upon 

 arable land and especially in corn-fields, it has obtained in 

 many parts of the kingdom the distinguishing epithet of 

 Corn-Bunting, while in others it is only known as the 

 Bunting-Lark. It is perhaps most numerous in the southern 

 counties of England, but, as will presently be seen, it is also 

 found in the extreme north and west of our islands. During 

 spring and especially summer, this bird, the largest of the 



* Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 308 (1766). 



