318 B U N T I N G. Claf, 



Genus XXIII. BUNTINGS. 



L The BUNTIN G. 



Ee Proyer, Prier,. ou Pruyer. Petrone, Capparone, StardacchiOi 



Be Ion a<v. 266. Zinan. 63. 



Emberiza alba. Gefner a<v> 654. Emberiza Miliaria. Lin.fyfi. 308.. 



u^/r/r. <4-i;. ii. 264. Faun. Suec.fp. 228. 



Strillozzo, Oiina, 44. Korn Larkor. Lin. it. Jean. 292* 



#7/. or«. 267. tab. 4. 



Raiifyn. a<v. 93. Cimbris Kom-Laerke. Norveg*- 



Le Proyer, Cynchramus.. Biffin Knotter. Brunnicb 247 . 



<w. iii. 292. Brafler. Kram. 372. 



PA #»/. 30*. 5r. ZW. 11 1. plate W. f. 7. 



Defer TT ^ ^ k$ G ^ 'kifr bird, and the other fpecies of 

 ■*■ this genus, is Angularly conftrueted ; the fides 

 of the upper mandible form a iharp angle, bending; 

 inwards towards the lower; and in the roof of the 

 former is a hard knob, adapted to bruiie 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 fainter. 

 The quil-feathers are dufky, their exterior edges of 

 a pale yellow. The tail is a little forked, of a dusky 

 hue, edged with white : the legs are of a pale yellow. 

 This we believe to be a bird of paifage ; at left in 

 North-wales, it appears only in the (ummer. 



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