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woodcock when flying over a hedge, the dark 
plumage and way of popping over a hedge 
deceiving me. 
The Twite (length 54 inches) called also 
the Mountain Linnet, 1s sometimes seen in 
bird-catchers’ shops in the winter. It is a 
winter visitor. It is very much like a linnet 
but zs distinguished at once by its yellow beak. 
The Corn Bunting or Common Bunting 
(length 74 inches), a resident, not confined to 
cornfields as its name would imply. A 
heavy, sober-coloured bird bigger than but 
something like a sparrow, and very sedentary 
in its habits. Upper parts yellowish brown 
with dusky spots, under parts yellowish white 
with dusky streaks. The notes have been 
likened to the breaking of glass. In winter 
they may be found in flocks, and associate 
with greenfinches, chaffinches, and sparrows. 
(There are also other Buntings.) The flesh 
is edible. 
Golden Plover (length 11 inches, flesh edible). 
Size, between a blackbird and a pigeon. 
Brown birds, spotted, when seen close, with 
