The Bunting. Emberifa alba.’
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IT S Weight was fourteen Drams; Length, from the-
Point of the Bill to the End of the Tail, feven Inches;
Breadth, when the Wings were expanded, ten Inches.
Its Bill great and thick, having a hard Knob or Emi-
nency in the upper Mandible or Palate, wherewith it is«
thought to bruife Wheat, Oats, and other Grain ; the
Sides of the lower Chap, rife up in an Angle on each
Side, and incline to one another under the Tubercle of
the Palate: the Tongue is. iliarp, and flit in two.; the
Claws are of a pale dusky Colour ; the back Toe is great,
armed with a leffer and inure crooked Claw than in Larks-,
the outmoil Fore-Toe is equal to the inmoft, and grows
fail to the middlemoil at Bottom, as in other Birds : the’
Colour of the whole Body like that of a Lark, but more
dark, the middle of the Feathers blackiih; the Chin,
Breait, and Belly are of a dusky yellowilh white with
oblong dark Spots; the quill and covert Feathers of the
Wings are dusky, "having their outer Edges cinereous:
the Tail is more than three Inches long, of a dusky Colour.
It lings fitting upon the higheil Twigs of Trees
and Shrubs. It feeds on Corn, and other Grain.