it 
with hair, and is generally placed near the ground 
on a tuft of grass or rushes, by the stump of a 
thorn bush, at the water’s edge. Its eggs, four or 
five in number, are of a dirty bluish white, with 
many dark coloured spots and veins. 
BUNTING OLR, 
EMBERIZA CIRLUS, Lin. 
This species appears to be generally distributed 
throughout the milder parts of England and the 
Isle of Wight, but it is rarely met with in the 
northern counties. It is also found plentifully in 
the milder parts of France, Italy, and on the 
shores of the Mediterranean. Its habits and 
manners very much resemble those of the Yellow 
Hammer, with which it occasionally associates 
during winter. It prefers perching on high trees 
rather than on hedges, and builds its nest higher 
from the ground than the Yellow Hammer. The 
nest is formed of a mixture of dried stalks of grass, 
fibres of roots, and moss, and is lined with hair. 
The eggs, four or five in number, and rather 
smaller than those of the Yellow Hammer, are of 
a greyish white colour, with waving brown lines, 
and not unfrequently spots of a chocolate hue. 
