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House SPARROW.—Common everywhere. I have seen 
sparrows eating pears, and also pear-tree leaves, also the 
seeds of the juniper. Those who like to have martins 
build under their eaves should kill down the sparrows. 
CROSSBILL.—The crossbill is an uncertain visitant, and of 
late years (since 1868) it has been singularly scarce. It 
is said to have bred more than once, but the en- 
quiries I have made into these reported instances 
have not been satisfactory. 
PARROT CRossBILL.!'—Mr. Stevenson mentions a single 
occurrence at Riddlesworth, about forty years ago. 
No others have been detected since. 
Buntinc.—This bird, also known as the corn bunting or 
common bunting, is tolerably abundant, and certainly 
on the coast it is most so in March, when a migratory 
movement takes place. 
YELLOW HAamMMER.—Common everywhere. A good deal 
given to variations. I have one with an entirely yellow 
head,? another yellow all over but blotched with brown, 
another pure white. 
Cirt Buntinc.—A cirl bunting is said to have occurred 
somewhere [precise locality forgotten] in October, 
1849, and an anonymous letter in the “ Field” [signed 
L. R.] states that two were killed in December, 1855, 
somewhere on the beach [locality again not given], 
but from the description which follows, I think it 
doubtful if they were correctly identified. Yet it 
seems unlikely that the species should not occur. 
[OrRTOLAN Buntinc.—In April, 1866, a somewhat dull- 
coloured ortolan was netted at Yarmouth, and in 
May, 1871, six more were netted there. It is not 
‘The pine grosbeak is included by previous writers among our 
occasional visitants. Some reasons for rejecting it are given in an 
article in the ‘‘ Zoologist,” 1877, p. 245. 
?I have seen another with a yellow head, which was killed in 
Surrey. Comp. ‘‘ Zoologist,’* 1876, p. 4874. 
