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by the greenish or bluish-white gTound tint — never found 

 in eggs of the latter — and the very dark chocolate-brown 

 hair-streaks and blotches ; they are, besides, often more 

 rotund in shape. The Girl Bunting- is not a very close 

 sitter, even when incubation is far advanced ; it is a 

 difficult matter at times to catch a glimpse of the sitting- 

 bird before she slips off. I have not known the male to 

 take part in incubation, as is the case with the Reed- 

 Bunting- and Yellow Hammer, but he will occasionally 

 feed the female as she sits on the nest. The young- in 

 nestling" plumage closely resemble those of the Yellow 

 Hammer, but are more rufous on the back, more striped 

 on the head, breast and back, and show less yellow on the 

 underj)arts. The parent birds- — especially the male — 

 evince great anxiety when the nest is approached ; the 

 note of alarm is then like that of the Hedge-Sparrow, and 

 the bird has, besides, a continuous running- note, impossible 

 to describe on paper. This Bunting is stated to be 

 antagonistic to the Yellow Hammer, but this is not always 

 so, for I have found nests of both species in close 

 proximity. 



For particulars of a few further records I must refer 

 my readers to Mr. H. E. Forrest's recently published 

 work on "The Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales." 



Any additional information as to the occurrence of this 

 bird in other districts of North Wales would be very 

 interesting. 



