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approaches our dwellings in winter, in numberless flocks, along with 
the Finches, &c., when the snow covers the ground. 
E. cia, L.; Bruant fou; Enl. 30, 2; Naum. 104, 1, 2. (The 
Foolish Bunting). Differs from the preceding, in being reddish- 
grey beneath, and having the sides of the head whitish, surrounded 
by black lines, forming a triangle. From mountainous districts*. 
E. cirlus, L.; Bruant des haies; Enl. 653; Naum. 102, 3, 4. 
(The Hedge Bunting). Throat black; sides of the head yellow. 
Builds in the underwood on the borders of fields +. 
E. scheniclus, L.; B. de roseaux; Enl. 247, 2; Naum. 105. 
(The Reed Bunting). A black calotte on the head; spots of the 
same colour on the breast; back red. Builds at the foot of a bush 
on the brink of astream, &c.{ The largest species in France is, 
E. miliaria, L.; Le Proyer; Enl. 233; Naum. 101, 1. (The 
Common Bunting). Brownish-grey, every where spotted with a 
deeper brown. Builds in grass, among grain, &c. The most cele- 
brated for the flavour of its flesh is, 
E. hortulana, L.; Enl. 247, 1; Naum. 108. (The Ortolan). 
The back olive-brown; throat yellowish; the inner side of the two 
external feathers of the tail white. Builds in hedges: is very fat, 
and common in autumn ||. 
E. melanocephala, Scop.; Naum. 101, 2; Fring. crocea, Vieill., 
Ois. Tab. 27. (The Black-headed Bunting). Fawn-colour above; 
yellow underneath; black head. Is sometimes seen in the south of 
Europe. Also, 
E. pithyornis, Pall.; Naum. 104, 3. (The Pine Bunting). 
The throat, and a streak on the side of the head, red chesnut colour. 
M. Meyer distinguishes those Buntings which have the nail of the 
thumb elongated, like that of the Lark, by the name of PLecTRopHANES. 
Such is 
* The Emb. lotharingica, Enl. 511, 1, is the same. 
+ The Emb. passerina is also referred to it; and perhaps the Emb. provincialis, 
Enl. 656, 1, and lesbia, Ib. 2, are only accidental varieties of the same. See Roux, 
p- 176 and 178. 
¢ M. Wolf thinks that the Emb. chlorocephala, and the Emb. badensis, should be 
united with it. 
|| The Emb. melbensis, Sparm. Mus. Carls., 1, 21, is merely a young Ortolan. 
Notwithstanding all the synonymes we have pointed out, we are still compelled to 
remove from this genus the Emb. brumalis, which is the same bird as the Fringiil. 
ceitrinella, Enl. 658, 2;—-E. rubra, the same as Fring. erythrocephala, Enl. 665, 1, 2; 
—all the widows, as I shall hereafter remark;—Emb. quadricolor, Enl. 101, 2;—Emb. 
cyanopis, Briss. III. pl. viii, fiz. 4;—Emb. cceerulea, Id. Ib. xiv, 2, the same as eya- 
nella, Sparm. Carls. IJ, 42, 48, which are three cross-bills;—Emb. quelea, Enl. 223, 
1;—Emb. capensis, Enl. 158 and 564;—Emb. borbonica, Enl. 321, 2;—Emb. brasilien- 
sis, Ib. I, which are four Finches;—Emb. ciris, Enl. 158, which is a Linnet;—and, 
finally, Emb. oryzivora, Enl. 3888, which has the bill of a Linnet, independently of the 
species I have not been able to examine. But we must certainly place in the genus 
Emberiza, the Emb. gubernator, T., Col. 63, the same as the Emb. cristatella, Vieill. 
Gal. 67;—Emb. striolata, Ruppel. Av., pl. 10, a;—Emb. cesia, Id. Tb. bs; —The Ta- 
nagra cristatella, graminea, ruficollis, Spix, 53, are also Buntings. 
The EmperizorpEs, Tem., Col. 114, appear to be long and taper-tailed (etagée) 
buntings, whose bill approaches somewhat to that of the finches. 
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