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How to Sex Cage Birds. 



CHA.PTEK IX. 



BUNTINGS [Ember izina). 



The foreign Buntings are numerous, but there are only about eight 

 British species to which we can fairly lay claim, all but two of them 

 referable to the genus Emberiza. The females in this genus are 

 generally smaller than the males, and their beaks are shorter and 

 less powerful. 



HEADS OF MALI': AM) FEMALE OF THE REED BUNTING. 



British Buntings. 

 The Corn Bunting (Emberiza miliaria). 



The female is slightly smaller than the male, and of a greyer 

 shade. 



The Yellow Bunting {Emberiza citrinella). 



Generally speaking, the female is much less yellow than the male, 

 with much more brown streaking on the sides of the crown ; the 

 chestnut of the upper parts is much less pronounced, excepting on 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts, whilst the olive-brown streaking of 

 the under parts is better defined. 



