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_ pally consists of grain and seeds, but, in summer, insects and 
larvze also contribute towards it. It appears that the Euro- 
pean species are only subject to one moult in the year; with 
many of the exotic ones it is double, clothing some of the 
male birds in a splendid plumage, which, in autumn, gives 
place to plainer hues, similar to those of the female. 
SECTION I. 
With the hind claw short and hooked. Inhabit cultivated 
districts. 
» Common Bunting.—Emberiza miliaria, Linn. 
PLATE 52. Fig. 1. 
Emberiza Miliaria, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 308. 3.—Faun. Suec. p. 228.—Lath. 
Ind. Ornith. v. 1. p. 402. sp. 12.—Gmel. Syst. 2. p. 868. sp. 3. 
Emberiza alba, Rati, Syn. p. 93. A. 1.—Wiil. p. 195. t. 40. 
Cynchramus, Briss. 3. p. 292. 10. 
Le Proyer, Buff: Ois. v. 4. p. 355. t. 16.—/d. Pl. Enl. 233. 
Bruant Proyer, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 1. p. 306. 
Der Grauammer, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 262,Meyer, 'Tasschenb. 
Deut. v. 1. p. 180.—Frisch, Vog. t. 6. f. 2. B. 
Bunting, Br. Zool. 1. No. 118. Arct. Zool. 2. p. 366. B.—Albin. 2. t. 50. 
Will. (Ang.) p. 267. t. 40.—Lath. Syn. 3. p. 171.—Mont. Ornith. Dict.— 
Lewin’s Br. Birds, 2. t. 74.—Wale. Syn. 2. t. 213.—Pult. Cat. Dorset. 
p- 11.—Bewick’s Br. Birds, v. 1. p, t. 141.—Zow’s Faun. Orcad. p. 60.— 
Shaw’s Zool. 9. p. 360. 
Provincial, Corn Bunting, Bunting Lark. 
' This well known species is to be met with in all the culti- 
vated parts of the kingdom, extending even to the Orkney 
Islands, where it is mentioned as indigenous, and abundant. 
In spring, previous to the season of propagation, breaking 
up their winter-societies, they disperse themselves throughout 
the country, and breed in corn or meadow grounds. The 
male bird, at this period, may generally be seen perched on > 
the highest twig of a hedge, or upon the top of a tall dock or 
thistle, uttering the singular but unmusical notes with which 
