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moft at bottom, as in other birds. This birds Head fomewhat refembles a Rails . The 

 colour of the whole body teftaceousor earth-like. The Chin, Breaft, Belly are of 

 a yellowiih white. The Throat hath oblong, black fpots. The quil and covert- 

 feathers of the Wings are dusky, having their outer edges cinereous. The Back (as 

 we faid ) of a teftaceous colour, the middle parts of the feathers being blacker. The 

 Neck beneath the Head behind is afti- coloured. The (hafts of the Head-feathers are 

 of a dark brown 5 the outfides or edges being of a reddifti aQVcolour. The Tail 

 is more than three inches long, of a dusky red colour, without any whitenefs 

 lave that a kind of dark fhadow or appearance of white may be difcerned in the out- 

 moft feathers. It fings fitting upon the higheft twigs of trees and (hrubs. It feeds 

 upon Corn. 



Both the figure and defcription of the Bird called Strillozo in Olina agree exactly in 

 all points to our Bunting, fave only that he attributes to it the bignefs of the common 

 Lark^ than which our Bunting is Something bigger. I my felf alfo, when I was at 

 Rome, faw and defcribed a fmall bird called Strillozo, fomewhat lefs ( as it then 

 feemedtome) than the common Lark^ Seeing therefore Olina. befides the Stril/czo 

 defcribes alfo the Calandra, making it fomewhat bigger than the common Lark, and 

 not much lefs than a ThmJbJ. do fufpeft that the Calandra is the fame with our Bunting, 

 and the Strillozo a different kind of bird,defcribed by none befides him, at leaft clearly 

 and exactly. 



The defcription of the Alauds congener of Aldrovand agrees exa&ly to this Bird fo 

 doth alfo that of the Cenchramm of Bellonius, fo that of one bird Aldrovandm makes 

 four,giving us the Buntingxmder the title of 1 . Emberiza alba : 2. Of Alaud£ conge- 

 ner : 3. Of Cenchramm BeUonii : 4. Alfo ( if we be pot muchmiftaken ) of ' Calandra j 

 all which he exhibits for diftind Species. 



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The Tel/ow-hammer, Emberiza flava of Gefner ^ Hortulanus of 'Bel/onius 5 Lutea? 

 alterum genus of Aldrovand 5 Chloreus feu Lutea Ariftotelis of Turner. 



IT is equal to a Chaffinch, or a little bigger 3 weighs 1 g> ounces From the tip of the 

 Bill to the end of the Tail is fix inches and an half long j to the end of the Feet 

 but fix. Its Bill is of a dark dusky colour, half an inch long, having a hard knob in 

 the upper Chap to break the grains of corn, and the fides of the nether Chap turned 

 inwards, and bent together, like the Buntings. The Tongue fhorter than is ufual in 

 other birds, not reaching beyond the knob, its tip horny and {harp, flit into filaments. 

 The Eyes hazel-coloured : The Feet of a horn colour 3 the Claws black. The like 

 cohefion between theoutmoft and middle toe at the bottom, as in other birds. 



The Throat and Belly are yellow : The Breaft hath fomething of red mingled 

 with it, as alfo the fides under the Wings. The Head is of a greenifh yellow, fpot- 

 ted with brown. Above the Shoulders in the lower part of the Neck is a certain co- 

 lour between green and cinereous, or compounded of both. The middle parts of the 

 covert-feathers of the Back and Shoulders are black, the edges from green incline to 

 red. The Rump is reddifh. 



The Female is all over paler, lefs yellow on the Head, lefs red on the Breaft and un- 

 der the Wings. 



The quil-feathers of the Wings are dusky, having their e*teriour edges from 

 green inclining to a fordid white. The Tail is three inches long, compofed of twelve 

 feathers, fomething forked, of a brown colour j the middle two having their edges 

 on both fides, the reft only their outfide-edges green. The two outmoft on the 

 infide the {haft near the tip are marked with a white fpot cutting the feather ob- 

 liquely. 



It hath a Craw and a mufculous Stomach or Gizzard like the granivorous birds. It 

 hath alfo a Gall-bladder. The blind guts, as in almoft all fmall birds, are very little 

 and ihort. Thefe birds build upon the ground, being every where in England moil- 

 common. 



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