EMBERIZA CITRINELLA. 



YELLOW BUNTING. 



Generic Character. See Emberiza miliaria. 

 Synonyms. 



Emberiza Citrinella. Lin. Syft. 1. p. 309. 5. 

 Yellow Bunting. Br. Zool. 119. tab. 50. Ik fol 



p. 112. Lath. Syn. 3. p. 170. 

 On*. Dit~l. Bewick's Br, 



Birds, Pt. 1. p. 164. 



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JL H E weight of this fpecies is about one ounce, it is in 

 length near fix inches and a half, and it is about ten inches 

 in breadth. Bill ftrong, the incurved edges of which are 

 very (harp, the knob in the roof of the upper mandible is very- 

 prominent ; the tongue is bifid and has a few fine hairs at its 

 extreme points ; irides dark hazel ; tail long and fomewhat' 

 forked. The colours of the female are generally much 

 greener, but both fexes vary in colour ; we have feen them 

 of all ftiades, from a bright yellow to green. 



The Yellow-Hammer (the name by which this fpecies 

 is rnofl: ufually known) is one of our mod common birds, 

 being met with in al rnofl every hedge ; it affembles in winter 



with 



