. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. THE LLACK-TIIROATED BUNTING. t it often docs rrond iiltlioni VvXH' ""xiii. till! specific iiaiiioof tw, iiud coiisitlL'i'ablu iii,uc', n,s may l,o soei, "IT ,) led to rulle^.t y that iiiij^dit bo pro- very ^iuticaiit in. lie opemtious of the tliat weoiiis to livy y, on seeds, and luis I in ii very peculiar lilislied aj)i)ointiiieiit nter season it \vill o i'arniyard, in com. upon any corn that . iihout; hut, little itli man, it prd'eis I'e most lonely and supposed t
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. THE LLACK-TIIROATED BUNTING. t it often docs rrond iiltlioni VvXH' ""xiii. till! specific iiaiiioof tw, iiud coiisitlL'i'ablu iii,uc', n,s may l,o soei, "IT ,) led to rulle^.t y that iiiij^dit bo pro- very ^iuticaiit in. lie opemtious of the tliat weoiiis to livy y, on seeds, and luis I in ii very peculiar lilislied aj)i)ointiiieiit nter season it \vill o i'arniyard, in com. upon any corn that . iihout; hut, little itli man, it prd'eis I'e most lonely and supposed tliat this lark, is eapalile of ^t I tliis muniinjr y standing,' in a (li,s° Hi of its tliatchinn; ted by seiziii^cr tli'e -'libcrateiy drawin!,^ I'lun the ear minji't ;>f the rick bemg lie straw, one eiii] I, the other nj,'ainst iVoin the suniiait; li thatehin,L;- lulled iicwal (d' the cover â <l)arrow and other Mk, and pilfer the 'I'ation of uin'ootiii;' â the ludjit of this il winter, the Ihuit- iil as they ^vt verv young birds mv :^i birds are ICC, of the liuiitiiig i in stni)ble tields, pose. ;â scream, which it that it fre([iiciilly The nest of this ic latter sulistaace tinged with red ur 483 pu,.,,le, and covered with spots and streaks of dark puri^lish brown Tlio nsual locality the is anion- coarse rank herbaoe or bramble-bushes, an,! it is seldom inore than a inches from the -,,^,,.1. Tin, nest is completed about middle of April and the yonn;.- birds are in the habit of leavin- their home before they can tly and ;;;;';''l'[;.;;;;r''^^' the lu-rbafr,. ,,, they are fed by parents until they can get their The ^^eneral colour of the Lunting is somewhat like that of the lark, so that in some parts ot Eno-land it goes by the name of Lark I'.uating. The upper ])art of the body is hair-brown, mottled with a darker line in the centre of each feather, and taking a y(dlowish tinge on the wing-coverts and (|uill-feiithers. The chin, th
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