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XIX. 
BUNTING. 
DEscRIP. 
B U N TI1+ON G.. Crass Il. 
BILL ftrong and conic, the fides of each man- 
dible bending inwards: in the roof of the up- 
per, a hard knob, of ufe to break and commi- 
nute hard feeds. 
Le Proyer, Prier, ou Pruyer. 
Belon av. 266. 
Emberiza aiba. 
654. 
Aldr. av. V1. 264. 
Strillozzo. Okza, 44. 
Wil. orn. 267. 
Raiz fyn. av. 93. 
Le Proyer,- Cynchramus. 
Briffon av. Ul. 292. 
Pl. Enl. 30. 
Gefner av. 
. Petrone, Capparone, Stardac- 
chio. Zinan. 63. 
Emberiza Miliaria. Lin. /j/. 
308. 
Faun. Suec. fp. 228. 
Korn Larkor. Liz. it. fan. 
292. tab. 4. 
Cimbris Korn-Lerke. Norveg. 
Knotter. Brunnich 247. 
Graue Ammer. Frifch, I. 6. 
Brafler. Kram. 372. 
Br. Zool. t11. plate W. f. 7. 
HE bill of this bird, and the other fpecies 
of this genus, is fingularly conftruéted ; 
the fides of the upper mandible form a fharp an- 
gle, bending inwards towards the lower; and in the 
roof of the former is a hard knob, adapted to bruife 
corn or other hard feeds. 
The throat, breaft, fides, and belly are of a 
yellowifh white: the head and upper part of the 
body of a pale brown, tinged with olive; each of 
_ which (except the belly) are marked with oblong 
black fpots; towards the rump the fpots grow faint- 
er. The quil-feathers are dufky, their exterior 
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