204 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



had personal knowledge was noted on 21st September 1902, 

 at Marton-in-Cleveland, and contained four much incubated 

 eggs, although Mr. J. Ranson {ZooL 1865, p. 9711), mentioned 

 the finding of eggs and young in October in a hedge on the 

 high moors of Yorkshire. 



A variety of this species with white wing-bars was noted 

 at Aldborough in Holderness {Nat. 1894, p. 284) ; a pied 

 specimen was obtained near Scarborough in August 1905 ; 

 and at Redcar on i6th June 1903, I procured a clutch of 

 three eggs which were perfectly colourless. 



The vernacular local names are numerous. The terms 

 in most general use are Yellow Hammer or Yellow Ammer ; 

 Yellow Yowley, noted by Tunstall in 1784, is also in general 

 use, and Yeldrock is a Sedbergh name. A West Riding term 

 is Yellow Youldring or Yoldring, with the variants Goldring 

 and Youldring {Zool. 1848, p. 2290), Yolering at Huddersfield, 

 Yowlring and Yowley at Ackworth,, Yellow Yowring in Craven 

 and Youldie in the Western Ainsty ; of close affinity to these 

 is the general term Goldie. In the North Riding this bird 

 is Goldfinch, or as pronounced Gowdspink. In 1784 Tunstall 

 called it Goldspink, a name recorded also as used at Thirsk 

 in 1854. In Upper Teesdale it is simply Spink ; Bessy at 

 Sedbergh ; Scribbler in Cleveland ; Writing Lark and Scrib- 

 bling Lark at Harrogate and in Craven ; Blakeling in Craven ; 

 and Gold Lenny or Yellow Lenny at Loftus-in-Cleveland. 



CIRL BUNTING. 

 Emberiza cirlus (L.). 



Resident ; very limited both in numbers and distribution. 



The first mention of the Cirl Bunting in Yorkshire was 

 made by Neville Wood, who recorded that a fine female, in 

 excellent condition, was shot at Campsall, seven miles to the 

 north of Doncaster, on 25th April 1837 (Neville Wood's Nat. 

 June 1837). 



