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YELLOW BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza Citrinella.) 



E. rectricibus nigricantibus, extimis duabus latere interiore macula 

 alba acuta* 



Bunting with the tail-feathers blackish, and with the two outer 

 ones on the inner webs with an acute white spot. 



Emberiza Citrinella. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 309. 5. — Lin. Faun. 

 Suec. 230. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 870. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 

 400. 7. 



Emberiza flava. Briss. 3. 258. 1. 



Le Bruant. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 4. 342. Q.—Buff. PL Enl. 30. 



Yellow Bunting. Pen. Brit. Zool. 11$. 50. — Pen. Arcf. Zool. 

 2. 367. c. — Albin. Birds. 1. 66. — Lewin. Brit. Birds. 2. 73. — 

 Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 170. — Lath. Sup. 157. — Mont. Brit. Birds. 

 l.-—Don'. Brit. Birds. 5. lip. — Bewick. Brit. Birds. 1. 143. 



The Yellow-hammer, or Yellow Yowley, is ra- 

 ther more than six inches in length : beak dusky : 

 irides hazel : prevailing colour yellow, mixed with 

 various shades of brown : the crown of the head 

 bright yellow, more or less variegated with brown : 

 cheeks, throat, and lower part of the belly, pure 

 yellow : breast reddish, and the sides dashed with 

 streaks of the same colour : hind part of the neck, 

 and back, greenish olive : lesser quills and scapu- 

 lars dark brown, with grey edges ; greater quills 

 dusky, with pale yellow edges : tail dusky, slightly 

 forked, the feathers edged with light brown ; the 

 outermost with white : legs yellowish brown : fe- 

 male with less yellow about the head, and the co- 

 lours in general less vivid : young bird without 



