BRITISH BIRDS 
14 * 
THE BUNTING. 
(. Emberiza miliaria y Lin . — Le Prcyer, , BufF.) 
The length of this bird is about feven inches 
and a half: The bill is brown ; iris hazel ; the ge- 
neral colour refembles that of a lark ; the throat 
is white, the upper parts olive brown, each feather 
flreaked down the middle with black ; the under 
parts are of a dirty yellow ifh white, Hreaked on the 
fides with dark brown, and fpotted with the fame 
on the break ; the quills are dulky, with yellow ifh 
edges ; upper coverts tipped with white ; tail fea- 
thers much the fame as the wings, and fomewhat 
forked ; the legs pale brown. 
This bird is very common in all parts of the 
country, and may be frequently obferved on the 
higheft part of the hedge or uppermoft branch of a 
