CIRL BUNTING 



FRENCH YELLOW-HAMMERBLACK-THROATED YELLOW- 

 HAMMER. 



PLATE LXXIX. FIGURE I. 

 Emberiza cirlus, ...... LINNAEUS. 



THE Cirl Bunting is chiefly found in Sussex, being very 

 locally distributed. 



The nest is placed in furze or low bushes, and is usually 

 made of dry stalks of grass and a little moss, lined with hair 

 and small roots ; some are wholly without moss or hair, and 

 are composed entirely of the other materials, the small roots 

 constituting the lining. The nest, which closely resembles 

 that of the Yellow - Hammer, is common in the quickset 

 hedges alongside the London and Brighton Railway. 



The eggs are four or five in number, of a dull purplish 

 white, distinctly streaked and speckled with dark brown : 

 they vary in colour and markings, but as a rule closely 

 resemble those of the last species. The young are hatched 

 in about a fortnight. 



VOL. I. '77 



