MEADOW B U IT I T O o
E m b e r iz a c i a ; ^¿¿nn/. /.
MEADOW BUNTING.
> E m b em a eia. Linn.
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: -parts o f France, Italy, Spain, and adjowiiiik tbt* .w ••.*•........ . * ' '• '
its is the case with. m many o f ite c a ag e iv ««tij&mdf *
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The nearest-aJiScd specie# arooag W aatiie Bitatmp it« rhe ftnpd (Ew&mza fchaenicuitts I ' \
which'it «*•« ou^y i*t r f c . i s i i s i i t and 'm w m h~;r % tifto iiffiiftihr iJt l i n f i i ) i ( * v
particularly l |||||jl .huaii,- amd yi, i'w. feebj^feiiiss o f the iwi'-i-jv 'ftae ¿ihij#. -Ibisi«!? • ;-..••■■■>, in ellia ■ *
.withit j , i b J M m m , A*K»: and it would A ,' »id, both of A « liifrii Wcertain ¿ tig il o Z m Z 7 u .
has been not « 1* theae only, as will appear from the fbllowiug translation o f a note, which »
h are take» the Meriy o f extracting from M. Temmiuck’s Mamet tT Ornitkokgie. •< besides the doable w
winch Biilfbii. makes o f this species in describing it under the name, of-Foolish Bunting, and Lorraine Bufttiu
ewor.6 gi™g Ms ?S$ftiaDi «**» **d* pi- »11- %- % mem e n a b a t k Lorraine. The German authors are equally in e rror in enumerating ut.de>- the synonym o f lie
Bm a n t-jm the birds described and figured by Buffon unde, tile names o f O m M .m A MUUtm <i<: /W i , - -
there form two distinct species. The French « ttu n lw u place tbe E m b m p n t t r w a of Omeb'ii, Hast. C
■ j u L T * ? ; ? f * p l 0 l i t BruM‘ JM' fi* Aawnjition of Gmehn poutfiays Wry evactly * ,
- o-¡female of b e Bnmnt des rosemx.”
v .The Embema eta offers in its sober tints a harmony o f, colours n*idi:.«ndefi it Sir from: being the least
. picking o f its genus. Tlie food o f this bird, » its feeble bill iudicutes, consists of the small seeds of farmn-
ceons plants,' such as miUet, canary, t e , « well as mse-ts g v arto n s .fee ms , in fact, a , above stated its
manners and.actons are in close unison with our Well-known Seed Bunting. I t constructs a nest
and tufts of herbage, and nos imfrequently on the ground: -the eggs arc five i> nnfuber, of a whitish iiiiicdr
- marked with a few lines of h%;k.
*.■ ^ ,le °Ie ° f tlte head and breast. is call coloured.: three stripes ofiWitok occupy tbe ll-e c v .■
. passingabove the- eye, one throngl) the i-ye to the uveip«. and one m M i rtw W i r a t -t j jg a «
the angle o f the beak; a greyish .white swipe passe» above the eye. bantered h r f t, ... !vf tfc
. «hole ol the upper a u rfao !■■ of,; r a& r aW n , earl, feather i s a ; * . . .
" f hror. . . he ,hren o-atc- rd lfiv
The frmv.in is destihite o f the bteiotifn! head and chestW tfce »ale. k •■.-.11 „
' " • - ^ km t ttfid chest >W! pide gi»yi8b •
' ttl^ t aotted with dusky spot#-, tne rest of «heplumage resembles the mule, eragpt that it: »
• mure obscure.
Tlie Plate represenis a male and female o f the natural siae.