38 BIRDS. PASSERES. 19. EiftocTiza. 



Bulfinch. Lewin t. 6g. Albin t. ,59. 6. Walcot. t. 209, 



Hardly 6 inches long. Bill black : iris dusky : orbits blacl : 



wing-coverts tipt with white, forming aline above the quills. 

 Female dirty brown : crown black : rump white. 



19. EMBERIZA. Bunting. 

 76. E. Nivalis. White : front pale chesnut : back black, 

 -with pale chesnut spots : outer webs of the primary 

 quill-feathers, and middle tail-feathers black. 



Snow Bunting. Br. Zool.t: 50. • Lewin t. 81. Walcot. t. 211. 



Weight about an ounce and a quarter : size of the chaffinch. 

 Bill yellowish, tipt with black : iris brown : orbits yellowish : front 

 pale chesnut: body above with oblong blackish fpots : rump and 

 beneath white : greater quills"b\aiCk, White at the bafe ; fecoridaricr 

 white, wtth a black fpot on the inner-webs : outer tail-feathers 

 White, with a dusky fpot near the end : legs blackish. 



Female dull chefnut : brown above, paler underneath. 



2. Head, neck, cheeks and back tawny, with black fpots : breast 

 pale chefnut : lesser wing-coverts brown with white tips : greater 

 white with black tips : quills dull black. 



Tawny Bunting. Lewin t. 81.* ! Donovan t. 27. Walcot. t. 211. 



3. Neck and back grey with black spots : throat white : breast anA 

 belly with flame-colour waves : at the fetting on of the wings grey: 

 5 first feathers blackish-brown, the rest white with a little browi;, at 

 the point : 3 outer tail-feathers white, the rest dark-brown. 

 Mounting Bunting. Mort. North, t. 13. f. 1. Walcot. i. 210.' 



Obs. Thefe 2 varieties have been considered as distinct fpecies ; 

 but till future obfervations shall clearly eftablish them as fuch, we 

 muft with Dr. Latham, consider 2 as the youug male bird,, and 3 a 

 very old bird of E; Nivalis. 



T7. E. citrinella. Crown, throat and belly yellow : tail- 

 feathers blackish, the 2 outer-ones with an acute 

 white spot on the inner side. 



Yellow hammer. Br. Zool. t. 50. Lewin. t. 84. Donovan, t. 119. 



Length 6 inches : extent 10 inches : weight 7 drachms. 

 J3z7/ bluish : iri s hazel : back part and sides of the head tinged with 

 green: back and shoulders.- yellow-brown, with dark-brown fpots: 

 rump dull orange : wing-coverts chefnut, with black fpots : quills 

 dusky, the primaries edged with greenish-yellow on the outer-webs, 

 fecondaries with rusty -brown : tail a little forked, dusky with a 

 greenish-yellow edge : legs pale brown. Female dull brown. 

 a. Head and neck olive-green : breast brown: belly pale greenish- 

 brown : tail dusky, 

 Green-headed Bunting. Lewin. t. 84.* Brown, ill. t. 30. 



78. E. Cirlus. Above varied, beneath yellow, spotted on 

 the breast: over the eyes a yellow stripe: 2 outer 

 tail-feathers with a white wedge-shaped spot. 



Cirl Bunting. Montague Ornith. Diet. i. tab. frontifp. 



Length 6 inches and a half : weight about 7 drachms. 

 Bill bluish, pale beneath : iris hazel .: crown, nape, and upper-part 

 of the breast olive-green, the first with dusky streaks : acrofs the 

 eye a dusky streak, with a yellow one above and beneath it : throat 

 black, with a bright-yellow band below : back and /capillars chefnut, 

 the'first with dusky streaks : rump olive-brown : lefser wing-coverts 

 olive-green, greater dusky with their outer webs chefnut : greater 

 quills dusky, edged with green on the outer-webs ; lesser chefnut, 

 dusky down the middle : breast chefnut mixed with yellow: 2 mid- 

 dle, tail-feathers chefnut, the rest black, the 2 outer-ones with an 

 oblique white bar, the outmoft white on the outer-web: legs brown* 



Female beneath with blackish fpots : chin and vent whitish. 



