Emueeiza. 
BIHDS. PASSEIIES. 
77 
Length 7^ inches ; weight 2 ounces. Bill and legs black. Head and neck 
orange-red ; bill yellowish-orange ; back and rump with black 'feathers, ha- 
ving a yellow margin. Two cross bars of white on the wings. Quills and 
tail-feathers edged with orange. The female has the red more tinged with 
brown, and the back and beUy cinereous. Nest on trees. Eggs 4, of a white 
colour. Food the seeds of trees. Pennant noticed individuals of this species 
in the pine forest of Invercauld, Aberdeenshire, in August, and conjectures 
that they bred there. Mr Selby, in his “ Illustrations,” p. 257., seems in- 
clined to regard them as only occasional visitants. 
Gen. XXXIX. EMBERIZA. Bunting. — Bill short, co- 
nical, the palate furnished with a bony knob. 
81. E. Citrindla. Yellow Bunting. — Head, neck, and 
breast gamboge yellow. 
E. flava, Will. Orn, 196. — Citrinella Sihh. Scot. 18.^ — E. Citrinella, Linn. 
Syst. i. 309 Yellow Stammer, Yellow A^owly; .S', A'ite, Yellow 
Yeldrock; IF, Llinos felen; G, Buidheag bhealaidh. — Common. 
Length 6|, breadth 10 inches; weight 7 drams. Bill bluish; irides hazel ; 
legs yellow. Back yellowish-brown, tinged with green. Quills black, edged 
with yellow. Rump brownish-orange. Tail dusky, edged with greenish-yel- 
low; the inner web of the tv/o external feathers, on each side, with a large 
spot of white. In the /emafe the colours are paler, and the yellow inclines 
more to brown. Pair in May. Nest on the ground among low grass, ot 
dried stalks, lined with hair. Eggs 5, of a pale purplish white, with red 
streaks. This species is familiar, and resides near the dwellings of men. In 
geographical distribution it reaches not to Orkney. 
This species varies in the yellow of the head being replaced by olive-green, 
in which state it is the E. chlorocephala of Gmelin (Turton’s trans. i. 544.), 
and has occurred in the neighbourhood of London. 
82. E. Cirlus. Girl Bunting. — The throat and a band over 
the eye black. 
Lirm. Syst. i. 311. — Cirl Bunting, Mont. Orn. Diet, and Lin. Trans, vii. 
276. Temm. Orn. i. 313 — Breeds in Devonshire. 
Size like the last. Bill bluish ; irides hazel ; legs brown ; claws dusky. 
A yellow band above and below the eye. Lower part of the neck yellow ; 
breast olive-grey ; belly yellow ; back brown. Quills dusky, edged with green. 
Tail, with the two middle tail-feathers chesnut, the rest black, except the two 
exterior ones on each side, which have an oblique bar of white from the tip 
half way ; and the outmost feather is white throughout the whole of the ex- 
terior web. Female smaller, with the plumage spotted with dusky. Pair 
in April. Nest in a low bush ; of dry stalks, lined with hair. Eggs 4 
or 5, greyish-white, with irregular long and short curved dusky lines — This 
species was first observed in Britain by Montagu, in 1800, in Devonshire, 
where it breeds and is resident; congregating in the winter with Yellow 
Buntings and Chaffinches. A straggler of this species has been shot near 
Edinburgh, as noticed by Mr Wilson in Wern. Mem. ii. 658. 
83. E. Miliaria. Common Bunting. — Plumage, above yel- 
lowish-brown, inclining to oil-green, the centre of the feathers 
E. alba, Will. Orn. 195. Sihb. Scot. 18. E. Mil. Linn. Syst. i. 308. 
Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 324. Temm. Orn. i. 306 — E, Bunting-lark, Ebb. ; 
.S', Corn-bunting ; IF, Bras-y-ddruttaii, bras-yr-yd ; G, Gelag-bhua- 
chair.—Common near corn-fields. 
