CORN-BUNTING 197 



None of these records appear in Mr. J. E. Harting's 

 Handbook of British Birds, 1901. 



TWO-BAEEED CEOSSBILL. 



Loxia bifasciata, C. L. Brehm. Ornis, iii., p. 85 



(1827). 



At a meeting of the British Ornithological Club held 

 on February 18, 1903, Dr. N. F. Ticehurst recorded the 

 occurrence, and also exhibited on behalf of the owner, 

 " a female Two-barred Crossbill {Loxia bifasciata) for 

 the first time in Kent. It was shot by Mr. H. Dale, on 

 Cold Blow Farm, Woodchurch, on December 26, 1902. 

 It was a dull grey-brown bird, with a slight tinge of 

 yellowish-green on the flanks, and a poor specimen from 

 having been kept a long time before being preserved" 

 {Zoologist, 1903, p. 420). 



Genus EMBERIZA, Linnaeus. 



COEN-BUNTING. 



Emheriza miliaria, Linnaeus. 8.N., i., p. 308 



(1766). 



Bunting, Boys, 1792 ; Nib Lark, Dowker. 



This species is certainly not abundant in any part of 

 Kent, and its solitary habits are well known, only being 

 found in pairs during the breeding season. There are 

 certain districts which appear to suit the habits of the 

 Bunting, and there it may be observed regularly, but 

 only in very severe weather does it come into farmyards 

 for food with other finches. 



