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GRANIVOR^E. 



Family FRINGILLIDJE. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Emberiza. (IAnrkeus.) 



RUSTIC BUNTING. 



Emberiza rustica. 



Emberiza rusiica, 



lesbia, 



" borealis, 



Hy-pocentor rusticus, 

 Bruant rustique, 

 Feldammer, 

 Zigolo di Mitilene, 



Pallas; Voy., vol. iii, p. 698, 1776. 

 Latham; Ind., vol. i, p. 413. 

 Temminck, 1820. Bonaparte. 



ScHINZ. SCHLEGEL. DeGLAND. 



Calvi; Catal. d' Ornitli. di Geneva, 



p. 46. 

 Savi; Ornitli. Tosc, vol. iii, p. 223. 

 Zettebstedt; Resa i Lappm, voL 



i, p. 107. 

 Cabanis. 



Of the French. 

 Of the Germans. 

 Savi. 



Le Mitilene de Provence, Buffon. 



Specific Characters. — Region of the rump russet; primaries 

 bordered with russet, the first longer or as long as the third, 

 the fourth shorter than the third; a large elongated white spot 

 on the two external tail feathers; beak straight, awl-shaped, and 

 slightly elevated at the point. Length nearly five inches and 

 twx)-fifths. — Pegland. 



