EMBERIZINJE. EMBERIZA. 
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have a strong, rapid, rather undulated flight ; move on 
the ground by short leaps, frequent the open fields, re- 
treating to trees and bushes when disturbed. The nest 
is rather bulky, compact, deep, and placed on the ground 
or in bushes. The eggs, about five, are marked with 
spots or lines. 
GENUS LVIII. EMBERIZA. BUNTING. 
Bill short, conical, strong, somewhat pentagonal at the base, 
compressed toward the end ; upper mandible narrower, with 
the edges inflected, lower with the edges involute ; gape-line 
ascending obliquely for nearly half its length. Mouth ra- 
ther narrow ; upper mandible internally with a sudden bend 
about the middle, anterior to which is a prominent knob ; 
tongue sagittate and papillate at the base, compressed, with 
two short bristly points ; oesophagus dilated about the middle ; 
proventriculus oblong ; gizzard roundish, compressed, with 
very strong lateral muscles, large tendons, and dense, rugous 
epithelium ; intestine of moderate length and v/idth. Nos- 
trils oblongs Eyes of moderate size. Aperture of ear ra- 
ther large. Head ovate ; neck short ; body moderately stout. 
Legs rather strong, of moderate length or rather short ; tar- 
sus compressed, with seven distinct scutella ; toes moderate, 
compressed ; claws arched, compressed, indistinctly grooved, 
acute. Plumage blended ; wings moderate, rounded, the 
second and third longest ; tail moderate or rather long, emar- 
ginate. 
Four species of this genus occur in Britain. 
113. Emberiza Miliaria. Corn Bunting, 
In both sexes the upper parts light yellowish-brown, streaked 
with biackish-brown, each feather being of that colour along 
the shaft ; lower parts pale yellowish-grey, each feather of 
the fore neck tipped with a triangular spot of brownish-black, 
the fore part of the breast and the sides with more elongated 
and fainter spots. Young similar to the adult, but with the 
upper parts paler, and the dark markings of the lower more 
elongated. 
Male 4 II ^0 7 
ID, 24 } T2-; i ~ 2 p 24* 
Female, 12|. 
