490 EMBERIZID A. 
INSESSORES. EMBERIZID A. 
CONIROSTRES, 
THE YELLOW BUNTING, 
OR YELLOW AMMER. 
Emberiza citrinella. 
LEimberiza citrinella, Yellow Bunting, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 437. 
” » oS 5 Monracu, Ornith. Dict. 
” p 55 45 Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol i. p. 175. 
» ” 0 x Fem. Brit. An. p. 77. 
” ” ” 09 SexBy, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 288. 
a 39 x = JEnyns, Brit. Vert. p. 131. 
” % ” 35 Gou tp, Birds of Europe, pt. xvi. 
x 5 Bruant jaune,  Temm. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i. p. 304. 
Tuts handsome Bunting is one of our most common birds 
and the male makes himself conspicuous, in summer particu- 
larly, by frequenting almost every wood-hedge, garden, lane, 
or high road, flying from one low tree to another, or from bush 
to bush, as the traveller proceeds on his way. From the bril- 
liancy of his plumage, the fine lemon-yellow colour of the head 
and breast, and the rich chestnut and brown of the back, this 
might claim for his species much greater distinction was he 
