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winter — 184^7-48 — only two liarl the white head, 

 which is characteristic of the adult snow bunting. 



Common Bunting, Emberiza miliaria. Pro- 

 vincial, Clod bird. Common in open cultivated 

 districts. Less frequent on the Downs, and very 

 rare in the weald. Plentiful in the neio-hbour- 

 hood of Brighton and Worthing. Its local name 

 would appear to be derived from its habit of 

 perching on a projecting clod of turf or clay in 

 a stubble or fallow field, while it utters its harsh 

 monotonous note. 



Black-headed Bunting, or Reed Sparrow, 

 Emberiza schce7iiclus. Peculiar to marshy tracts 

 and sedgy swamps. 



Yellow Bunting or Yellow Hammer, Embe- 

 riza citrinella. Generally dispersed, 



CiRL Bunting, Emberiza cirlu!^. A very local 

 bird, afiecting the neighbourhood of the coast, but 

 seldom venturing many miles into the interior. 

 Common during the breeding-season in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Chichester, Bognor, Worthing, and 

 Brighton, but rarely met with on the northern 

 side of the Downs of West Sussex. I have found 

 its nest in tall quickset hedges. It has been 

 discovered in the strawberry gardens at Preston 

 near Brighton, and in Stanmer Park. The nidi- 

 fication of the cirl bunting is somewhat later than 

 that of the yellow hammer, seldom taking place 



