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subject, as any new facts must be interesting. Also whether there are an y reme- 

 dies yet known for their destructive ravages. 



I am, Sir, yours, &c 

 Charmouth, Dorsetshire, Beverley R. Morris. 



July 10, 1837- 



Distribution op the Corn Bunting in England. 

 To the Editor of the Naturalist. 

 Sir,— In the May number of The Naturalist Dr. Liverpool wishes any 

 correspondents of the periodical, according to their observations, to corroborate 

 or oppose his opinion respecting the distribution of the Bunting (Emberiza, 

 miliaria).* The fact is, that this bird is very locally and unequally dispersed. 

 In some districts it is sufficiently abundant, while in others you will not see one. 

 In the neighbourhood of the downs in Berkshire, near Lambourne, in the heart 

 of the county, they are very plentiful. I have also seen a good many in Dor- 

 setshire, near Lyme Regis, and occasionally near here, but it is only partially 

 distributed in these parts. I think it may be said chiefly to frequent such 

 farms as furnish in plenty the food from which it derives its name. I am pretty 

 certain that they migrate occasionally, and perhaps periodically, from one part 

 of the country to another. This may account, in some degree, for the opinion 

 as to their scarcity, as they may have been missed when they were out visiting. 



I remain, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 

 Doncaster, May % 1837. F. Orpen Morris. 



To the Editor of the Naturalist. 

 Sir, — In reply to the observations of Dr. Liverpool, at p. 80 of the present 

 volume, I send the following note. The Corn Bunting is by no means so com- 

 mon as the Yellow Bunting in the neighbourhood of Charmouth, in the south of 

 Dorsetshire. The number of Corn Buntings in any given space in that locality 

 certainly falls very far short of that of the Yellow Buntings, though I have never 

 considered it a rare bird, plenty of specimens, being at all times procurable. 

 It is, I understand, often passed off on the uninitiated in the London markets as 

 a Lark, so that I suppose it must be tolerably common in the districts which 

 supply the poulterers of the metropolis with those birds. 



1 am, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



Trinity College, Dublin, Beverley R. Morris. 



May 15, 1837. 



* See also a reply to the same query by Mr. Blytii, in his " Commentary on Nos. vii. and viii. 

 of The Naturalist," in our current number.— En. 



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