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BUNTING, COMMON. 



GREAT, OR BUNTING LARK. 

 EMBEKIZA MILIARIA, Lin. 



The Common Bunting, 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 arid veined with reddish brown. 



BUNTING, LAPLAND. 



EMBEKIZA 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, in never perching, but 

 living entirely upon the ground and running about 



