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BUNTING, COMMON. 
Great, or Bunting Lark. 
EMBERIZA MILIARIA, Lin. 
This species, the largest of the Bunting family, 
and about seven and a half inches in length, is 
common in England, delighting in those parts 
that abound in corn, and rarely found in unculti- 
vated places. In winter they assemble in vast 
flocks, and are often taken in nets, brought to 
market, and sold for larks. This species is common 
also not only in Scotland, extending even to the 
Orkneys, but also throughout the whole of Europe. 
It has been seen in considerable numbers very far 
to the north. The nest, which is placed in a tuft 
of dead plants a few inches from the ground, is 
composed of straw and dried grass, and is lined with 
fibres of roots and hair. The eggs, from four to 
six in number, are of a pale yellowish grey colour, 
spotted and veined with reddish brown. 
BUNTING, LAPLAND. 
EMBERIZA CALCARATA, Temm, 
The two species of Buntings found in this coun- 
try (the Lapland and the Snow) differ in their habits 
from the other Buntings, m never perching, but 
living entirely upon the ground and running about 
