PASSE RES. ( 186 ) EMBERIZID^. 



THE EEED-BUNTING. 



BLACK-HEADED BUNTING, RING-BUNTING, RING-BIRD, REED- 

 SPARROW, WATER-SPARROW, BLACK-BONNET, BLACK-CAP. 



Emheriza schceniclus. 

 ^l)e Coal l?ooti, %^z Coal i^ooden. 



' ' Heichow ! "wae^s me, that I sude hac lived to see the day ! That ever 

 I sude hae lived to see the Cole-hood take the Laverock's place, and the 

 Stanechel and the Merlin chattering frae the Cushat' s nest." 



James Hogg, Broivnie of Bodsbeck. 



The Keed-Bunting is found thinly scattered over the county, 

 in bogs and marshy places 



Where meadow-blooms, red, di'ooping hang, 

 O'er stream and pool, and bog reeds lang 

 Wave slowly, and bnll-rnshes Strang 



Shade Kelpie's Hole.' 



Gordon Bog, where it nests, is one of its favourite haunts ; 

 and there during summer the male, with his black head and 

 pretty white collar, may be seen perched on a willow, 

 alder, or other bush, occasionally enlivening the waste with 

 his short song. In former times, before the advance of 

 agriculture had converted so many of the numerous marshes 

 and swamps with which the county then abounded into 

 cultivated fields, this species would doubtless be much more 

 plentiful than it is now. 



1 Dr. Henderson's MS. Poems. 



