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been known to have bred in Orkney (Baikie and 

 Heddle, "Fauna Orcadensis "). In Ireland it is 

 resident and common, but is less numerous in 

 winter, from which a partial migration is inferred. 



^ YELLOW BUNTING. Emberiza citrinella, Linnseus. 

 / ' PI. 12, figs. 2, 3, 3a. Length, 6*5 in. ; wing, 3-5 in. ; 



tarsus, 075 in. 



Resident and generally distributed, even to the 

 far north of Scotland. It has twice been found 

 nesting in Orkney (Baikie and Heddle, "Fauna 

 Orcadensis "). 



GIRL BUNTING. Emberiza cirlus, Linn^us. PI. 12, 

 fig. 4. Length, 6*5 in. ; wing, 3'5 in. ; tarsus, 0'65 in. 



Resident in the south and south-west of Eng- 

 land ; rare in the north and east. Has been found 

 two or three times only in Scotland, and is said to 

 be unknown in Ireland. In regard to the distri- 

 bution of this bird in the British Islands see Aplin, 

 Zool, 1892, pp. 121-128, and pp. 174-181. 



ORTOLAN BUNTING. Emberiza hortulana, Linnseus. 

 PI. 12, figs. 5, 6. Length, 6 in. ; wing, 3-25 in. ; 

 tarsus, 0*75 in. 



An occasional spring and autumn visitant. First 

 noticed as British from a specimen procured near 

 London, figured in Peter Brown's " Illustrations of 

 Zoology," 4to, London, 1776. It came into the 

 possession of George Allan, with whose collection 

 it passed into the museum at Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



