BRITISH BIRDS, 
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YELLOW BUNTING. 
Yellow hammer, or yellow yowley. 
( Emberiza citrinella , Lin .— Le Bruant , Buff.) 
Length fomewhat above fix inches : Bill duf~ 
ky; eyes hazel; its prevailing colour is yellow, 
mixed with browns of various fnades ; the crown 
of the, head, in general, is bright yellow, more 
or lefs variegated with brown ; the cheeks, throat, 
and lower part of the belly are of a pure yellow ; 
the breaft reddifh, and the fides dalhed with breaks 
of the fame colour ; the hind part of the neck and 
back are of a greenilh olive ; the greater quills ar<^, 
dufky, edged with pale yellow \ lelfer quills and 
fcapulars dark brown, edged with grey ; the tail is 
dulky, and a little forked, the feathers edged with 
