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ago and remained unidentified (J. Whitaker, ZooL, 1902, 

 p. 353). 



BLACK-HEADED BUNTING Emberiza melanocephala 

 8eop. S. page 205. 



Sussex. — A mature male was shot at Little Common on 

 21st April, 1905 (J. B. Nichols, Zool, 1905, p. 267). 



Fair Isle. — The species is recorded as occurring in Sep- 

 tember, 1907 (W. E. Clarke, An7i. S.N.H., 1907, p. 246). 



CIRL BUNTING Emberiza cirlus L. S. page 211. 



Yorkshire. — A pair was found nesting near Harrogate 

 in 1903 by Mr. R. Fortune {B. Yorks., p. 205). 



North Wales. — " Not uncommon locally in Denbigh and 

 Flint " and round the mouth of the River Conway (H. E. 

 Forrest, Vert. Fauna N. Wales, p. 163). 



Ireland. — An adult Avas watched at close quarters and its 

 note heard on x\ugust 2nd, 1902, near Dunfanaghv, co. 

 Donegal (H. E. Howard, ZooL, 1902, p. 353). The bird had 

 not previously been recorded in Ireland. 



ORTOLAN Emberiza hortulana L. S. page 213. 



Norfolk. — A female was shot on 13th September, 1904, 

 near Wells (E. C. Arnold, Zool, 1904, p. 389), and a male 

 entangled itself in some netting near Yarmouth, and was 

 captured and caged on 5th May, 1906 (J. H. Gurney, t.c, 

 1907, p. 127). 



Yorkshire.— One labelled " Bedale, Yorks, 9th July, 1882," 

 is in the collection of Mr. S. L. Mosley {B. Yorks., p. 206). 



Scotland. — Shetlands. — Two, not mentioned in the 

 "Manual," were obtained during a remarkable visitation of 

 migratory birds on 30th April, 1898 (T. Henderson, jun., 

 An7i. S.N.H., 1898, p. 178). Fair /s/e.— Quite a number 

 arrived during the last days of May, 1906, and three (two 

 males and a female) were sent to Mr. W. E. Clarke. A young 

 bird was obtained on 18th September, 1906 ; Mr. Clarke 

 regards it as " an occasional visitor to Fair Isle during the 

 seasons of passage" (W. E. Clarke, t.c, 1906, pp. 139 and 237 ; 

 1907, p. 71). 



[North Wales. — A bird, identified as of this species, was 

 watched by Mr. D. H. Meares on the Berwyn Mountains on 

 May 20th, 1907 (H. E. Forrest, Vert. Faima N. Wales, p. 167).] 



RUSTIC BUNTING Emberiza rustica Pall. S. page 217. 

 Sussex. — A young male was shot by a boy at Westfield 

 on 22nd September, 1902 (N. F. Tieehurst, Bull. B.O.C., 

 XIIL, p. 15). 



