EMLBEIUZA. 
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on as the true Buntings, has been lately divided 
on account of some differences in the structure of 
the wing and feet, and would be represented by 
the E. tnilaria, or Common Bunting, placed sub- 
generically under its trivial name, and the E. 
schceniculus, as Emberiza. In a limited Fauna, 
however, we prefer keeping them together. The 
Buntings are, in some of their forms, widely dis- 
tributed. They are mostly solitary, or at least 
appear only in parties amounting to the number 
of the last broods. They frequent enclosed coun- 
tries, but not those abounding with wood, except 
during the breeding season. They are grani- 
vorous ; and the hard internal knob of the upper 
mandible enables them easily to remove the husks 
from seeds. They breed on the ground, or on 
low bushes, and possess a simple, often monoto- 
nous song. 
Emberiza, Linn — Generic characters Bill 
rather strong, culmen slightly arched, the 
internal roof of the mandible projecting in a 
hard knob ; maxilla strong, and forming, an 
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