COMMON BUNTING. 483 
of dark brown; the flanks marked with elongated lines of 
dark brown ; legs, toes, and claws, pale yellow brown. 
The whole length of the adult bird rather more than 
seven inches. From the carpal joint to the end of the 
wing three inches and three-quarters : the first quill-feather 
a little shorter than the second, the second a little shorter 
than the third, which is the longest in the wing; the 
fourth feather a little shorter than the first. 
There is little or no difference in the plumage of the 
female to distinguish it from that of the male; and young 
birds of the year very soon acquire the appearance of their 
parents. 
Varieties in colour of this species are not uncommon, and 
I possess one which in colour resembles a golden yellow 
canary. 
The figures below represent the cranium and foot of the 
Common Bunting, in the former of which may be seen the 
palatal knob on the upper mandible, and the opposed cut- 
ting angle of the lower jaw, peculiar to the true Buntings. 
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