Ber ON Reb ON. OG, 
fraw mixed with a little mofs, dried leaves, and ftalks, very 
ill put together, and lined with hair or wool; generally om the 
ground, though now and then in a very low bufh. The eggs in 
general four or five in number, marked with brown or blackith 
irregular ftreaks, with here and there a blotch. ‘This bird has 
more than one brood in a year. 
It is a tame, filly fpecies, and reckoned of little value; its note 
trifling, not often more than a fcream or two, and is therefore 
never kept in a cage; though in fpring the male has a fort of fong, 
confifting of feven notes ; fix of the firft are of equal tones, and 
pretty quick; the laft fharper than the others, and continued to 
the length at leaft of three of the firft. 
I believe this bird is found throughout Ezrope, and feeds both 
on grain and infects. The flefh, for the table, does not deferve 
commendation, when caught at large, as it is apt to prove bitter ; 
but how it might improve if fatted like the Ortolan, I am not 
certain. I have been informed, that in Italy, where they eat all 
fmall birds without diftin@tion, they.are thought to be very 
good. 
Emberiza miliaria, Liz. Sy/?. i. p. 308. 3. — Faun. Suet. N° 228.—Iter Scan. 
292. pl. 4.— Brun. 247. — Muller, N° 251.— Kram. el. p. 371. 6.— 
Frifch. pl. 6.—Olin. uc. pl. in p. 44. 
Le Proyer, Brif. orn. iii. p. 292. 10.—Buf. off, iv. p. 355- pl. 16.—Pi. enl, 
233° : 
Bunting, Rait Syn. p. 93. — Will. orn. p. 267. pl. 40. — Albin. ii. pl. 50.— 
Br. Zool. i. N° 118.—<4r. Zool. 
Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 
IZE of the Yellow-hammer, but ftouter in the body. . Bill 
pale brown: general colour of the plumage pale olive brown, 
Z 2 with 
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+ COMMON B, 
DzscRIPTION. 
