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EIMBERIZID.E, 



INSESSORES. 

 CONIROSTIIES. 



EMBEUniD^E. 



THE CIRL BUNTING. 



Emberiza cirlus, Ctrl Bunting, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 438. 

 Mont. Ornitli. Diet. 



,, ,, ,, Bewi(-k, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 177. 



,, ,, ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 77. 



,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 292. 



,, ,, ,, Jenvns, Brit. Vert. p. 131. 



,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. x. 



,, Bruaiit y^izl, Ti;mm. INIan. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 313. 



Although tliis bird appears, from the quotations above 

 cited, to be included in the later editions of the works of 

 Pennant and Bewick, we are indebted to Colonel Montagu 

 for the addition of this species of Bunting- to our catalogue of 

 British 13irds. It was discovered by him near Kingsbridge 

 in the winter of 1800, among flocks of Yellow Buntings and 



