286 INSESSORES. EMBERIZA. 



Genus EMBERIZA, Linn. BUNTING. 



GENERIC CHARACTERS. 



Bill conical, strong, hard, and sharp-pointed ; the tomia 

 of both mandibles bending inwards, and compressed towards 

 the point ; the upper mandible narrower and smaller than the 

 under one, and its roof furnished with a hard bony knob. 

 Base of the mandibles (or gape) forming an angle, and ra- 

 ther open. Nostrils basal and round, partly hidden by the 

 small feathers at the base of the bill. Feet having three toes 

 before and one behind ; the anterior ones entirely divided. 

 Claws rather long and curved. Wings with the first quills 

 rather shorter than the second and third, which are the long- 

 est in each wing. 



This genus, as now restricted, contains such species as 

 agree in the essential characters possessed by Emberiza mi- 

 liaria^ E. citrinella^ &c. Their food principally consists of 

 grain and seeds ; but, in summer, also of insects and larvae. 

 They have an extensive distribution, species being found in 

 all quarters of the globe. 



COMMON BUNTING. 



Emberiza miliaria ^ Linn. 



PLATE LII. Fig. 1. 



Emberiza miliaria, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 308. 3 — Faun. Suec. p. 228 — Lath. 



Ind. Omith. v. 1. p. 402. sp. 12 — Gmel. Syst. 2. p. 868. sp. 3. 

 Emberiza 2iVoa.,Rau Syn. p. 93. A. 1 — Will. p. 195. t. 40. 

 Cynchramus, Briss. 3. p. 292. 10. 



Le Proyer, Buff. Ois. v. 4. p. 355. t. 16 — Id. PL Enl. 233. 

 Bruaiit Proyer, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 306. 

 Der Grauammer, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 262 — Meyer, Tasschenb. 



Deut. V. 1. p. 180 Frisch, Vog. t. 6. f. 2. B. 



Bunting, Br. Zool. 1. No. 118 — Arct. Zool. 2. p. 366. B.—Albin. 2. t. 50. 



Will. (Ang.) p. 267. t. AO.—Lath. Syn. 3. p. 171 — Mont. Ornith. Diet — 



Lewin's Br. Birds, 2. t. 74 Wale. Syn. 2. t. 2\3.—Pult. Cat. Dorset. 



p. 11 Bewiek's Br. Birds, v. 1. p. t. 141 — Low's Faun. Oread, p. 60 — 



Shaw's Zool. 9. p. 360. 



Provincial — Corn Bunting, Bunting Lark. 



