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COMMON BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza miliaria.) 



E. grisea, subtus nigro-maculata 9 orbitis rufis. 



Grey Bunting, beneath spotted with black, orbits red. 



Emberiza miliaria. Lin. Syst.Nat. 1.308. 3. — Lin. Faun. Suec. 



228,-^Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 868.— Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 402. 12. 

 Emberiza alba. Raii. Syn. 93. A. 1. 

 Cynchramus. Briss. 3. 292. 10. 



Le Proyer. Buff. Hist. Nat. Orn. 4. 355. t. l6.—Buf. PL Enl. 

 233. 



Bunting. Pen. Brit. Zool. 118. — Pen. Arct. Zool. 3. 366. b. — 

 Albin. Birds. 2. 50. — Levoin. Brit. Birds. 2. 74. — Lath. Gen. 

 Syn. b. 171. — Mont. Brit. Birds. 1. — Mont. Sup. — Don. Brit. 

 Birds. 3. 50. — Bevoick. Brit. Birds. 1. 141. 



In length about seven inches and a half: beak 

 brown : irides hazel : prevailing colour similar to a 

 Lark : head and upper parts light brown, inclining 

 to olive : under parts yellowish white, with a dusky 

 line down each feather, the belly excepted, which 

 is quite plain: quills dusky with lighter edges: 

 upper coverts tipped with white : tail slightly 

 forked and dusky : legs pale brown : female rather 

 paler in colour. 



These birds are common in England, delighting 

 in those parts that abound with corn, and are rarely 

 found in uncultivated places : in the winter they 

 assemble in vast flocks ; and are often taken in 

 nests, and brought to market, where they are sold 

 for Larks, but may easily be distinguished by the 

 knob in the roof of the mouth : they are very fine 



