The Bunting. Emberlfa albai 



Numb. L. - 



ITS Weight was fourteen Drams; Length, from the! 

 Point of the Bill to the End of the Tail, feven Inches; 

 Breadth, when the Wings were expanded, ten Inches. 



Its Bill great and thick, having a hard Knob or Emi- 

 nency in the upper Mandible or Palate, wherewith it is-; 

 thought to bruife Wheat, Oats, and other Grain; the: 

 Sides of the lower Chap, rife up in an Angle on each 

 Side, and incline to one another under the Tubercle of 

 the Palate: the Tongue is Iharp, and Hit in two; the 

 Claws are of a pale dusky Colour ; the back Toe is great, 

 armed with a lefTer and more crooked Claw than in Larks, 

 the outmoft Fore-Toe is equal to the inmoft, and grows 

 faft to the middlemoft at Bottom, as in other Birds: the 

 Colour of the whole Body like that of a Lark, but more 

 dark, the middle of the Feathers blackilh ; the Chin, 

 Breaft, and Belly are of a dusky yellowilh white with 

 oblong dark Spots; the quill and covert Feathers of the 

 Wings are dusky, 'having their outer Edges cinereous: 

 the Tail is more than three Inches long, of a dusky Co- 

 lour. It fnigs fitting upon the higheft Twigs of Trees 

 and Shrubs. It feeds on Corn, and other Grain. 



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