EMBERIZA CITRINELLA. 
YELLOW BUNTING. 
Generic Character. See Etnberiza miliaria. 
Synonyms. 
Emberiza Citrinella. Un, Syjl, i. 309. 5. 
Yellow Bunting, Br. Zool. 119. iat?. 50. lb. foL 
p, Lath, Syn, 3. p. 170. 
Mcnt. Orn. Dicl. BezvicJis Br» 
Birds^ Pl 1. p» 164,. 
T H E weight of this fpecies is about one ounce, it is in 
length near fix inches and a half, and it i$ about ten inches 
in breadth. Bill ftrong, the incurved edges of which are 
very fharp, the knob in the roof of the upper mandible is very 
prominent ; the tongue is bind and has a few fine hairs at its 
extreme points ; irides dark hazel ; tail long and fomewhat 
forked. The colcirs of the female are generally much 
greener, but both fexes vary in colour ; we have feen them 
of all (hades, from a bright yellow to green. 
The Yellow-Hammer (the name by which this fpecies 
is mod ufually known) is one of our mod: common birds, 
being met with in almgft every hedge ; it aflemibles in winter 
with 
