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CTRL BUNTING. 



Emberiza cirlus, Linnaeus. 



Mr. C. E. Reade states that at Urmston, fifteen or 

 twenty years ago, the Girl Bunting was occasionally 

 found in winter with the flocks of Yellow-hammers and 

 Finches, but since that time it has not been observed. 

 Mr. G. S. Gregson writes me that it has bred in his 

 warren at Formby, and that two eggs and one bird from 

 there are now in his collection. Elsewhere there are no 

 records. 



ORTOLAN BUNTING. 



Emberiza hortulana, Linnaeus. 



A fine male, killed near Manchester in November 1827, 

 was recorded in April 1828 in the Zoological Journal 

 (iii. p. 498) by Yarrell, and after passing into his pos- 

 session it was figured by Selby. 



REED-BUNTING. 



Emberiza schceniclus, Linnaeus. 



Local Names — Black-headed Bunting or Bodhin, Black- 

 cap, lleed-Sparrow, Pit-Sparr<nc. 



Resident and common, though irregularly distributed, 

 and especially so in winter, when it leaves some districts 

 altogether. Near Clitheroe, for instance, it is an 

 absolute migrant, disappearing in October, and usually 

 coming again early in April, though sometimes a month 

 sooner ; always the first of the spring arrivals, and the 



