CORN BUNTING. 



EMBERIZA MILIARIA. 



Family Passerid^. Sub-family Fringillin^. Genus Em- 



BERIZA. 



Common Bunting — Lark Bunting — Ebb. 



The Corn Bunting, or as it is sometimes called, the 

 Common Bunting, but Inappropriately, for it is by no 

 means the best known of the Buntings in this country, 

 is found in certain districts throughout the British 

 Islands, common in some, rare in others. It is a 

 resident bird, but its numbers are largely increased 

 by autumn migrations. The tracts it prefers are the 

 large, open, level-lying, cultivated districts, away from 

 woods and trees, and away from hills. It is the largest 

 of the Buntings. 



In its habits, the Corn Bunting resembles the Lark, 

 roosting on the ground at night, and in the autumn 

 and winter when they collect in flocks they may 

 frequently be seen in company with the Larks, search- 

 ing the stubble fields for grain. In appearance, too, 

 it is not unlike the Lark, being of rather dusky 



