ORD. III. GENUS VII. BUNTING. 



Bill, Ihort and conic j the fides of each mandible bending inwards, particu- 

 larly the under one j in the roof of the upper is a hard knob, ufed to bruife 

 and hull feeds. 



Nostrils, at the bafe of the beak, and moftly covered. 



Tongue, pointed, the end covered with a hard fcale. 



SPECIES I. SNOW BUNTING. 



PI. 8 1. 



Emberiza nivalis. Lin. Syji. I. p. 308. 

 L'Ortolan de Neige. Brif. Orn. III. p. 285. 



The bill of this fpecies is fhort, pointed, and yellow, tipped with black : eyes 

 brown : forehead pale chefnut colour : the reft of the head, throat, breaft, and 

 under parts, are white : back black, with pale chefnut coloured edges to each 

 feather : rump white : tail coverts black, edges yellowifti : middle tail feathers 

 black, the outer ones white : lhoulder, lefs wing coverts, and part of the greater, 

 white ; quills, and part of the greater coverts, black : legs coal black. 



The females are of a dingy chefnut brown colour on the upper parts, under 

 fide pale dull chefnut brown. 



This fpecies, in very fevere winters, vifits the fouthern parts of this kingdom 

 in large flocks. A few fnow buntings breed in the northern parts of England 

 and Scotland : in the more northern parts of Europe, they are very plentiful. 

 They feed on grain and feeds, and make their nefts under low buihes, near the 

 ground ; and fometimes among grafs, in a dry fituation. They lay four eggs ; 

 for which fee PI. XIX. Fig. 1. 



