BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE CIRL BUNTING. 



(Embcriza Cirlus, Linn. Bruant zizi ou dc hate, 

 Temm.) 



LENGTH above six inches. Bill brown; the chin 

 and throat dull black; upper part of the head and 

 hinder part of the neck olive green; each feather 

 streaked to the tip with dusky lines ; the sides of 

 the neck and breast yellowish green; the eyes are 

 placed in a dusky line; a yellow streak passes 

 above and beneath them; the auriculars are of the 

 latter colour ; from behind these a yellow gorget 

 falls down over the forepart of the neck to the 

 breast; back and scapulars reddish bay, which is 

 spread over each side of the lower part of the 

 breast ; the feathers of the first are slightly streaked 

 and tipped with dusky, and all edged with a lighter 

 shade; the lesser coverts are ash-grey; the greater 

 partake of that colour, but are tinged on the outer 





