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Emberiza kortulana: {Zwto.J ' ■'
O R TOL A N 1 IT N TING.
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.ford has Ioi>g* been celebrated w >*■<■ ■ i i-i,/. • icf*.'*« .■ .in. . ■ -
i: and Italy, for which purpose« umber* aye annually caught mad arufietaliy fhrtened J w &-i •
Eompe and the northern jrnrtioitf Mm» app^r to be its habitat; i* w nevertheless gdmV
spread throughout c©Rtiw»mri Em***, even a» far os Holla««], Sweden and Husm . The British Idea are
<wfy tawawpnaJly i owe of the csarajdes, a male, now in the museum of the Natural History Society
at Newcasde^ijpon-Tya«, having been taken on the Yorkshire coast. It is not improbable, ho#ever, that wc
sltoold find this bird more frequent than it is believed to be, were it not overlooked from its similarity to the
Yellow Bunting (Emberiza citrmella, Linn.). -
Dr, Latham informs us that it is strictly migratory in its habits arid is frequently taken in the s p r in g ^
autumn at Gibraltar, whence we may «oppose that the greater number jpass over to Africa and make ;
continent their winter residence. It is during these migrations, when vast numbers are assembled
together, fia t they are caught in traps, principally in. ¿ l y and the South of France, and are then kept by
being plaM in a dark room, and there fed with plenty o f oats and raillet-seed, upon which they quickly fatten.
accounts o f various authors, it would appear that they offer several variations o f plumage, caused
the same light as the variations o f plumage which occur in many other birds.
The r est of the Ortolan is constructed of fibres and leaves, and placed in the most convenient situation the.
locality may afford, most commonly in lew bushes, and hedges, but sometimes on the ground among car-..
The eggs are five in number, of a reddish grey market! .with streaks of brow tv.
i hi- idamage o f the SMde is much usorc lively than that ©t the female. The top o f the hcvtd
olive j an edging o f white f'*»thera tO'ws the margin of the eyelid ; eot-cowerts hrow» i iifei 1 ;^i ¡ .. ■ <.
o f 7,?;: is e i. below the
f e d ,« * of tM back rad afetp- fc V M M » dk>v < l u l l ' d » , » „
aod Sesh^colpurcd.
■;..i Jil & female, the whole of si;,: ,w ,- mMm « w , f . ; ■<*•> a «f ,*»»» lAick «■ « m the
~>«h ibe, ¡feathers o f the back haring; tiway centres Idari*. ui«o y- the threat is psde yseBoWi and is bounded by
* ;sf l>«Wn »pote 5 the rest o f the under surface is pale b «w»*b rec i tifcc *y*M is edged with white
r|j$Kft-JityMe represents an adult male and female of the natural since.