24 A HAND -LIST OF BRITISH BIEDS. 



EMBERIZA CIRLUS 



47. Emberiza cirlus L.— THE CIRL BUNTING. 



Emberiza Cirlus Limia^us, Syst. Xat., ed. xii, i, p. 311 {176G — S. Europe). 

 Emberiza cirlus Linnseus, Yarrell, 11, p. 50; Saunders, p. 211. 



Distribution. — England and Wales. — Resident, but local, nesting 

 in Somerset and coastal counties from Cornwall to Kent, scarcer 

 Herts., Beds., Surrey, Berks., Bucks., Oxon, Wilts., Gloucester, 

 Worcester, Hereford, Salop, and many counties of Wales, but not 

 recorded nesting Pembroke, Carmarthen, Radnor, Merioneth, or 

 Anglesey. Nests very rarely Middlesex, Cheshire and Yorks., and 

 possibly Lanes. Elsewhere rare winter-straggler. Scotland. — Rare 

 vagrant. Four or five. Irelaml. — Rare vagrant. One seen Donegal 

 Aug. 2, 1902 (H. E. Howard, ZooL, 1902, p. 353). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Mediterranean countries generally : in 

 small numbers in south-west Germany (Rhine, Moselle, Saar) and 

 through western parts of France. The Corsican race has recently 

 been separated, but this seems to require confirmation. 



EMBERIZA HORTULANA 



48. Emberiza hortulana L.— THE ORTOLAN BUNTING. 



Emberiza Hortulana Linnaeus, Syst. Xat., ed. x, i, p. 177 (1758 — 



Europe. Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Emberiza hortulana Linna?us, Yarrell 11, p. 57 ; Saunders, p. 213. 



Distribution. — England and Wales. — Vagrant. A good many 

 chiefly on east and south coasts in autumn (occasionally in small 

 parties), but also in April, May, and June. Scotland. — Except in 

 Fair Isle, where it appears regularly on spring and autumn 

 passages, only recorded some eight times. Ireland. — One somewhat 

 doubtful record Clare, May, 1852. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Europe generally (except in the high 

 north), Mediterranean countries and west Asia. 



EMBERIZA CIA 



49. Emberiza cia cia L.— THE MEADOW-BUNTING. 



Emberiza Cia Linna?us, Syst. Xat., ed. xii, i, p. 310 (1766 — S. Europe 

 Restricted typical locality : Lower Austria). 



Emberiza cia Linn., Sharpe, Bvill. B.O.C., xiii, p. 38 ; Saunders, Brit. B., 

 I, p. 13. 



Distribution. — England. — Five. Two near Shoreham (Sussex) 

 end Oct., 1902 (R. B. Sharpe, Bull.B.O.C, xiii., p. 38). One near 

 Faversham (Kent) about Feb. 14, 1905 (C. J. Carroll, Ibis, 1905, 

 p. 291). Two Ninfield (Sussex) April 1, 1910 (J. B. Nichols, 

 Brit. B., V, p. 50). 



