Class II. 



BUNTING. 



435 



GENUS XXII. BUNTING. 



Bill strong and conic, the sides of each man- 

 dible bending inwards : in the roof of the 

 upper, a hard knob, of use to break and 

 comminute hard seeds. 



Emberiza Miliaria. E. grisea, 



subtus nigro-maculata, orbi- 



tis rufis. Lath. Ind. orn. 



402. id. Syn.'in. 171. 

 Le Proyer, Prier, ou Pruyer. 



Belon av. 266. 

 Emberiza alba. Gesner av. 



654. 

 Aldr. av. ii. 264. 

 Strillozzo. Olina, 44. 

 Wil. orn. 267. 

 Rail Syn. av. 93. 

 LeProyer, Cyncbrarrms. Bris- 



son av. iii. 292. Hist, d'ois. 



iv. 355. PL Enl. 233. 



Petrone, Capparone, Stardac- 1. Common 



chio. Zinan. 63. 

 Emberiza Miliaria. Gm. Lin. 



868. 

 Faun. Suec. sp. 228. 

 Korn Lark or. Lin. it. scan. 



292. tab. 4. 

 Cimlris Korn-La?rke. Norveg. 



Knotter. Brunnich 247. 

 Graue Ammer. Frisch, i. 6. 

 Brasler. Kram. 372. 

 Br. Zool. 111. plate W. f. 7- 



Arct. Zool. ii. 54. 



TIOX, 



JLHE bill of this bird, and of the other species Descrip- 

 of this genus, is singularly constructed ; the sides 

 of the upper mandible forming a sharp angle, 

 bending inwards towards the lower; in the 

 roof of the former is a hard knob, adapted to 

 bruise corn or other hard seeds. 



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