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nest is usually placed higlaer above the ground tlian that of 

 the Yellow Bunting. French Yellow Ammer, and Black- 

 throated Yellow Ammer, are the provincial names which have 

 been applied to it. 



Since Colonel Montagu's discovery of the Cirl Bunting 

 in Devonshire, this species has been observed in many other 

 counties. It has been found in Surrey near Godalmin, and 

 in Hampshire about Alton and Selborne, as noticed by Mr. 

 Blyth, and abundant in the Isle of Wight ; in Berkshire it 

 was obtained by the Rev. Orpen Morris ; in Sussex it was 

 observed by Mr. Gould to be abundant about Chichester, 

 and is constantly found in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and De- 

 vonshire ; it is not unfrequent in Cornwall, having been taken 

 at Penzance and at Penryn ; Mr. Bewick says, " Our figure 

 is from a well-preserved specimen presented to the Newcastle 

 Museum by Mr. Henry Memburn, of St. Germain, Corn- 

 wall, where it was shot in 1822. This gentleman has besides 

 ascertained that they breed in that neighbourhood, frequent- 

 ing woods and high trees, generally perching near the top.*"' 

 It has also been observed and obtained by Mr. Anstice in 

 Somersetshire. Occasionally in winter specimens are taken 

 by the London bird-catchers. 



In the northern counties the Cirl Bunting is very rare. 

 One was obtained in 1837 near Doncaster by Mr. Neville 

 Wood. Mr. Thomas Allis sent me notice of one that had 

 been taken near York ; and a third was obtained near Edin- 

 burgh, as noticed by Mr. Wilson in the second volume of 

 the Memoirs of the Wernerian Society. 



The Cirl Bunting is most numerous in the southern parts 

 of the European Continent. In France it is only seen when 

 going northward in spring, and again when returning and 

 going southward in autumn. It is very abundant in Switzer- 

 land and Italy, and along the shores of the Mediterranean. 

 Mr. H. E. Strickland says of this bird in Smyrna, that it 



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