YELLOW HAMMER. 



EMBERIZA CITRINELLA. 

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



BERIZA. 



Yellow Bunting — Gold Spink — Yoldring — Yeldrock — Yellow 

 Yeldring. 



The Yellow Hammer, or more correctly speaking, 

 the Yellow Ammer (Ammer being the German word 

 for Bunting), is the commonest of our Buntings and is 

 found all over Great Britain and Ireland, its favourite 

 haunts being the hedgerows, country lanes and fields. 

 It is shy of towns, however, and the thick woods, pre- 

 ferring to keep on their borders. It is a handsome 

 bird in its brilliant dress, and but for its common 

 occurrence in all our country rambles would no doubt 

 have many more enthusiastic admirers. 



The head, neck and under parts are a bright yellow, 



