INSESSORES. 
CONIROSTRES. 
COMMON BUNTING. 479 
EMBERIZID A. 
THE COMMON BUNTING. 
Emberiza miliaria. 
Emberiza miliaria, Common Bunting, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 435. 
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Bruant proyer, 
Monracu, Ornith. Dict. 
Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i p. 171. 
Fem. Brit. An. p. 77. 
Sepy, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 268. 
Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 130. 
Goutp, Birds of Europe, pt. xiii. 
Temm. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 306. 
EMBERIZA. Generic Characters.—Beak conical, strong, hard, and sharp- 
pointed ; the edges of both mandibles curving inwards; the upper mandible nar- 
rower and smaller than the under one, and its roof furnished with a hard, bony, 
and projecting palatal knob. Nostrils basal and round, partly hidden by small 
feathers at the base of the bill. 
Wings of moderate size; the first quill shorter 
than the third, which is the longest in the wing. Feet with three toes before 
and one behind, divided to their origin; claws rather long, curved, and strong. 
Tue Common Bontine, is so called because it is the spe- 
cies of this genus that is almost universally known, is of 
