BUNTINGS 75 



lark-nets : a male thus captured by a Brighton bird- 

 catcher, Feb. 24, 1889, was shown to me shortly 

 afterwards. 



Almost unknown in Scotland, where two speci- 

 mens only are recorded to have been obtained. 



In Oct. 1892 one was shot on the mainland of 

 Shetland (Evans and Buckley, " Vertebrate Fauna 

 of the Shetland Islands," 1899, p. 92). 



In Ireland it appears to be unknown. 



COMMON BUNTING. Emheriza miliaria, Linnaeus. 

 PI. 12, fig. 1. Length, Tin. ; wing, 3-5 in. ; tarsus, 0-9 

 in. 



Resident ; migrating southward in autumn. 

 From its general external resemblance to a Lark 

 it is locally known as the Bunting Lark, and 

 Corn Bunting from its partiality to the neighbour- 

 hood of cornfields. It may be readily distinguished 

 by its beak, which is that of a typical Bunting, and 

 by the short hind-toe in marked contrast to the 

 long " heel " of a Skylark. In plumage the two 

 species are so much alike that when crouching on 

 the ground they can scarcely be distinguished. 



REED BUNTING. Emheriza schceniclus, Linnaeus. PI. 

 12, figs. 7, 8. Length, 6 in. ; wing, 3 in. ; tarsus, 

 0-75 in. 



Resident and generally distributed ; affecting 

 reed beds, patches of loosestrife, and bushes by the 

 river-side. In Scotland it is generally distributed ; 

 has been found occasionally in Shetland, and has 



