126 CLASS AVES. 



Lesbian Bunting. Lath. Emb. Lesbia. Gmel. 

 Lin. 1. 882. Enl. 656. 2. 



Like the last, but without the black spot ; instead of 

 which are three narrow black bands. Provence. 



These two are, perhaps, but accidental varieties. 



J^eed Bunting. Emb. schcBniclus. Lin. Enl. t. 247. 

 f. 2. 5 t. 477. f. 2. 



Has on the head a black coif, and spots of the same 

 colour on the chest. Nestles at the foot of bushes 

 by the water-side. 



M. Wolf believes that Emb. chlorocephala, and 

 Emh. badensis, should be joined to this. 



The largest species of this country, is 



T7ie Common Bunting. Emb. Miliaria. Enl. t. 233. 

 Gray brown, spotted throughout with deep brown. 

 It nestles in grass and corn. 



The most celebrated, from the flavour of its flesh, is 



The Ortolan. Emb. hortulana. Enl. t. 247. f» !• 

 Back olive-brown ; yellowish neck ; two external 

 tail-feathers white within. Nestles in the hedges ; is 

 common and very fat in autumn. 



The Enb. Melbensi.s. Sparm. Mus. Carls. 1. 21. 

 is only a young ortolan. 



After all the repetitions of synonyms which we 

 have stigmatized, it will be still necessary to remove 



