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the ground *. It is carelefly conftruded, not unlike that of the
Lark. The female lays four or five greyifh eggs, and in general
has two broods in a year. Sometimes frequents oat-fields, of
which it feems very fond, foon growing exceeding fat; and is
thought fufficiently fo for the table : but never reckoned fo delicious
as when fattened artificially.
VAR ' A.
L ’Ortolan jaune, Sri/, orn. iii. p. 27*. A.— Buf. oif. iv. p. 31a.
Aldiovandas’s firft fort of Yellow-hammer, Will. orn. p. 270. I, — Raii
Syn. p. 94. N° I .
Description.
* -pH I S is the fize of the laft, and is all over of a ftraw-colour,
except the edge of the wing and the quills, which are
white : the bill, and legs, reddilh.
Var. B.
L ’Ortolan blanc, Brif. orn. iii. p. 373. B.—Buf. oif. iv. p. 313.
Hortulanus albus, Aldrov. Raii. Syn. p. 94. N° 2.— Will. orn. p. 270. N° 2.
Description« ' J ' H I S is wholly white, as pure as that of the Swan.
Var*. C.
L’ Ortolan ä Queue blanche, Brif. orn. iii. p. 273. C. Buf. oif. iv. p. S1! ’
Hortulanus, N® 5. Raii Syn. p. 94.—Will. orn. p. 270. N° 5.
Description. >-p H I S differs little from the common, except in the tail,
which is almoft wholly white,
* In Lorraine among the wheat. Hiß. des oif.
L’Ortolan
L’Ortolan noir, Brtf. orn. ill* p. 274. D.—Buf. oif. iv. p. 313.
Hortulanus, N°4. Raii Sjn. p. 94.'—fVill, orn. p, 270.
» T H E whole body of this bird is blackifh, except the head
and neck, which incline to green: the bill red : the legs
cinereous.
Buffon alfo mentions a further variety, which had the throat
yellow mixed with grey, a grey breaft, and a rufous belly.
L’Ortolan de la Chine, Son. Voy. Ind. vol. ii. p. 201.
the upper parts of the body, of a reddifh rufous colour, with
yellowifh edges : the leffer wing coverts very light yellow; the
fecond quills deep brown, edged with rufous grey; the prime
quills umber-colour, edged with dull yellow ■ the throat, breaft,
belly, and vent, fine yellow: down the middle of the belly a longitudinal
ftreak of brown : the tail of this laft colour, edged
with grey : the legs pale rufous.
This inhabits the fouthern provinces of China, in the months of
October, November, and December.
V ol. II. Z Emberiza
Var. D,
Description.
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CHINESE B.
Description.
Place.