126 Thk Litti.k Bunting, Thk Reed-Bunting 



Family-^FRINGILLID. E. SuhJamily—EMBERIZLW E. 



The Little Bunting. 



Eiiilia-iza piihilla, PallAS. 



ONE specinieu was captured uear Brighton, on November and, 1S64; a female 

 was secured in Durham and a male in Warwick in 1902, one was caught 

 by a cat in Scotland in 1903, an example was seen at Eair Isle in 1905, 

 and a female secured in 1906 ; all these examples were met with in (October. 

 At best it can only be regarded as a rare and chance wanderer to Great 

 Britain, although there is no reason why it should not occasionally visit us. 



Family— FRINGILLID.E. Subfamily— EMBEREZIN.'E. 



The Reed-Bunting. 



Eiiibcriza sclianicliis, Linn. 



FREQUENTLY, though incorrectly, called Black-headed Bunting, Reed 

 Sparrow, Water Sparrow, and Mountain Sparrow; also well-known under 

 the popular name of Black-bonnet, is distributed over the whole of Europe 

 from the North Cape to the Mediterranean, as well as in Western Siberia; but 

 it is only a summer visitor to the more northern parts of its range, and chiefly a 

 winter visitor to the extreme south ; at this season it is also met with in Asia 

 Minor and North x\frica. Races of this species occurring in the south of Europe, 



