198 THE BIRDS OF KENT 



The Kev. C. H. Fielding records it from Higham, and 

 it was obtained near Maidstone, in 1889, by Mr. E. 

 Bartlett. Mr. G. Dowker found it in the Stourmouth 

 district. 



Mr. T. Hepburn obtained the eggs from the beach at 

 Dungeness on August 14, 1900, and he " was told that 

 they were common on the arable land of the marshes." 

 In the Kainham district, according to Mr. W. Prentis, 

 "the Corn-Bunting is not very numerous as a species; 

 generally to be met with on search being made ; does 

 not associate, as a rule, with other birds, breeds in the 

 grass when the meadows are laid up for hay ; also in 

 pea-fields, singing its well-known note on the top of a 

 bush or fence. 



Dr. A. G. Butler says : " Although this species is 

 tolerably common in Kent, I do not think I took its 

 nest more than half-a-dozen times during the seventeen 

 successive years in which I was an enthusiastic bird's 

 nester, but as I had a strong objection to trampling down 

 crops on the bare chance of discovering a nest, it is 

 probable that I may frequently have passed within a 

 few yards of the nest of a Corn-Bunting without being 

 aware of the fact." 



YELLOW HAMMEE. 



Emheriza citrinella, Linnaeus. S.N., i., p. 309 

 (1766). 



Yellow Hammer, Boys, 1792 ; Yellow Bunting. 



Among our resident birds the beautiful Yellow Hammer 

 is one of the most plentiful. It would be difficult to 

 stroll along the country roads in Kent without noticing 



