310 BUNTING. 



16— MUSTACHOE BUNTING. 



Emberiza Provincialis, Ind.Orn.i. 403. Gin. Lin. i. 881. Shaw's Zool.ix. 376. 

 Le Gavoue de Provence, Buf. iv. 321. PL enl. 656. 1. Hist. Prov. i. 494. 

 Mustachoe Bunting, Gen. Syn. iii. 175. 



LENGTH four inches and three quarters. Bill dusky; upper 

 parts not unlike our Reed Sparrow ; through the eye a white streak, 

 passing on each side of the neck ; beneath it a large patch of black ; 

 chin white; on each side of the throat, from the under jaw, a streak 

 of black ; breast and sides pale brown, spotted with black ; the rest 

 of the under parts white ; across the middle of the wing a bar of 

 white; quills and tail dusky, edged with rufous; legs pale brown. 



Inhabits Provence; feeds on grain, perches often, said to sing 

 agreeably in April ; called there Chic-gavotte and Chic Moustache, 

 and by some Gavouet. 



17.— LESBIAN BUNTING. 



Emberiza Lesbia, Ind. Orn. i. 404. Gm. Lin. i. 882. Shaw's Zool. ix. 370. Tern. 



Man. Ed. ii. 317. 

 Mitilene de Provence, Buf. iv. 322. PL enl. 656. 2. Hist. Prov. i. 494. 

 Lesbian Bunting, Gen. Syn. iii. 176. 



SOMEWHAT like the last, but has not the black spot under 

 the eye ; instead of it, three narrow black bands, the spaces between 

 which are white ; it is also white round the eye ; breast, rump, and 

 sides, not spotted ; tail feathers white, or edged with it, except the 

 two middle, which are dusky, edged with rufous. 



This is found in Provence, and differs, in not being in song till 

 June ; is more rare than the last, and very wild, screaming on the 

 approach of any of the birds of prey;* is called Chic, or Chic de 

 Mitylene. 



* The Greeks in the Island of Lesbos, or Mitylene, are said to use this instinct to their 

 advantage, by placing one of these birds among the poultry in their yards, in a strong cage, 

 by which means the fowls there kept are sooner apprised of the approach of the Hawk, or 

 other bird of prey, than by any other method. — Hist, des Ois. 



