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COMMON BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza miliaria.) 



E. grisca, subtus nigro-maculata, orbitis rufis. 



Grey Bunting, beneath spotted with black, orbits red. 



Emberiza miliaria. Lin. Syst.Nat. 1.308. 3. — Lin. Faun. Suec. 



228. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 868. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 402. 12. 

 Emberiza alba. Raii. Syn. 93. A. 1. 

 Cynchramus. Briss. 3. 292. 10. 

 Le Proyer. Buff. Hist. Nat. Orn. 4. 355. t. 16.— Buff. PI. Enl. 



233. 

 Bunting. Pen. Brit. Zool. 118. — Pen. Arct. Zool. 3. 366. b. — 



Albin. Birds. 2. 50. — Leuhi. Brit. Birds. 2. 74. — Lath. Gen. 



Syn. b. 171. — Mont. Brit. Birds. 1. — Mont. Sup. — Don. Brit. 



Birds. 3. 50. — Bewick. Brit. Birds. I. 141. 



In length about seven inches and a half: beak 

 brown : irides hazel : prevailing colour similar to a 

 Lark : head and upper parts light brown, inclining 

 to olive : under parts yellowish white, with a dusky 

 line down each feather, the belly excepted, which 

 is quite plain : quiUs dusky with lighter edges : 

 upper coverts tipped with white : tail slightly 

 forked and dusky : legs pale brown : female rather 

 paler in colour. 



These birds are common in England, delighting 

 in those parts that abound with corn, and are rarely- 

 found in uncultivated places : in the winter they 

 assemble in vast flocks ; and are often taken in 

 nests, and brought to market, where they are sold 

 for Larks, but may easily be distinguished by the 

 knob in the roof of the mouth : they are very fine 



