108. 
109. 
IIo. 
EIT. 
It2. 
113. 
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Richmond, one at St. Agatha’s Abbey, Feb., 1840 (Strang- 
wayes, Zool., 1851, p. 3056). 
Askew Moor, Bedale, two males, Dec. 29, 1850 (Id.). 
The Leases, Bedale, male, Feb. 5, 1851 (Id.). 
Woodsome, near Huddersfield, a pair said to have nested in 
1856 (Hobkirk, Hudd. Cat., 1859). 
Bolton-on-Dearne, one shot, another seen, Jan. 12, 1881 (T. 
Lister, Nat., 1881, vi. 124). 
Emberiza hortulana Z. Ortolan Bunting. 
Casual visitant, of extremely rare occurrence. 
Guisborough Moors, Cleveland, a female, or young bird of 
the year, seen Aug. 16, 1863 (Atkinson, Zool., 1863, p. 
8768). 
‘The specimen which served for Mr. Bewick’s figure was 
caught at sea on the Yorkshire Coast’ (Jardine, B. Birds, 
We 21 L). 
Emberiza rustica Pa. Rustic Bunting. 
Emberiza pusilla /a/. Little Bunting. 
Emberiza schceniclus Z. Reed-Bunting. 
Resident, generally distributed, but not very numerous, and 
less so in winter. Migrates in autumn, being replaced by 
arrivals from the north ; returning again early in April. 
Plectrophanes lapponicus (Z.). Lapland Bunting. 
Accidental visitant from Northern Europe, Asia, and America, 
of rare occurrence. 
Whitby, one shot in the spring, about 1870, now in the Whitby 
Museum (Stephenson, MS.). 
Plectrophanes nivalis (Z.). Snow-Bunting. 
Winter visitant to the coast, in flocks mainly composed of 
females and young of the year, with comparatively few old 
males ; arriving during the latter part of October. Inland 
its appearance is much more irregular, and most frequent 
in severe seasons. 
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