. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . act, the cavity is shallow, andthe brim irregular and undefined. The eggs are large for the size of the bird. Theground colour is white, and they are beautifully blotch-ed, spotted, and streaked with black. Some of thesespots and scratches are clear and distinct, others aredimly seen, appearing as if a blue pellicle was drawnover them. This last circumstance is not peculiar tothe eggs of the Bunting, b
. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . act, the cavity is shallow, andthe brim irregular and undefined. The eggs are large for the size of the bird. Theground colour is white, and they are beautifully blotch-ed, spotted, and streaked with black. Some of thesespots and scratches are clear and distinct, others aredimly seen, appearing as if a blue pellicle was drawnover them. This last circumstance is not peculiar tothe eggs of the Bunting, but common to those of mostother birds which lay spotted eggs. The Bunting continues with us all the year winter is gregarious, flying in flocks, and frequentingfields of stubble. In breeding-time, the cock percheson the tops of trees, chirping out his ditty all day notes are not unpleasant, though low. They aremore mellow and more varied than those of the yellow-hammer. The cock is a bold and stately bird, and well deservesa place amongst other birds, either in a cage, or anaviary. The hen differs little from the cock, only her col-ours in general are paler and USA 17EMBERIZA CITRINELLA. Syst. Nat. 309. YELLO W-HAMMER. PLATE XVII. he bill is straight, sharp-pointed, of a pale yellowat the base, black at the tip. It has a rising angle onthe lower chap, as in that of the bunting, and the restof the genus. The eyes are brown. The tongue shortand thick. The whole head, cheeks, and upper part ofthe neck is of a bright yellow in the cock bird, eachfeather having a dash or line of black down its some birds there are touches and strains of orangecolour amongst the yellow. The feathers on the backare a mixture of olive, green, and orange colour, witha black dash down the middle of each. The lowerpart of the back is of a tawny orange colour. The first quill feathers of the wing are of a duskyblack, with yellow edges. The second also are black,but with
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