io BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



Remarks. Resident. Notes : call, soft, plain- 

 tive, and frequently uttered ; song, feeble, and low. 

 Male ceases to sing, it is said, as soon as eggs have 

 been laid. However, I have heard an individual 

 which was close to one of my hiding tents in a 

 wood singing in July. Local and other names : 

 Beechfmch, Horsefinch, Pink, Twink, Olph, Nope, 



MALE BULLFINCH. 



Red Hoop, Alp, Hoop. Sits very closely indeed. 

 This species has benefited more, perhaps, by the 

 Wild Birds' Protection Acts than any other British 

 breeder. 



BUNTING, C1RL. 



(Emberiza cirlus.) 

 Order PASSERES ; Family EMBERIZID^: (BUNTINGS). 



Description of Parent Birds. Length about six 

 inches. Bill short, conical, and bluish-grey. Irides 

 hazel. A streak of light yellow runs from the base 

 of the upper mandible, over the eye, behind the 



