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MEAD OW B VNTING. 



GRANIVOE^. 



Family FRINGILLID^. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Emberiza. ( Linnaeus.) 



MEADOW BUNTING. 



Emberiza da. 



Emberiza cia, 



pratensis, 



lotharingiea, 



barbata, 



Cirhis stulhis, 



Brnant fou ou de pres, 



Zipammer, 



Zigolo Muciatto, 



Ortolan de Lorraine, 



Foolish and Lorrain Bunting, 



Linn^us; S. N., and Authors. 



Naumann; Vog., t. 104, 1 & 2. 



Gould; B. of E., pi. 179. 



Brisson; Ornith., vol. iii., p. 266, 1760. 



Gmelin; Syst., 1788. 



Scopoli. 



Aldrovandus; Ornith., vol. ii., p. 858. 



Of the French. 



Of the Germans. 



Savi. 



Buffon. 



Latham. 



Specific Characters. — Head grey, longitudinally marked with black; rump 

 russet red; primaries edged on the outside with grey, first and sixth of 

 equal length, and considerably shorter than the second, third, fourth, and 

 fifth, which are nearly of the same length, the third being the longest in 

 the wing. Length six inches and a fifth ; carpus to tip three inches and 

 a fifth; beak half an inch; tarsus four fifths of an inch; tail three inches 

 and a fifth. 



The Meadow Bunting is an inhabitant of a great part of the south 

 of Europe, more especially Italy, Spain, and the shores and islands of 

 the Mediterranean. It occurs in the south of Germany, as far as the 

 Rhine. It is stationary in some parts of Provence, and migratory in 

 others: it is also a bird of passage in Lorraine. It is plentiful in 



