THE YELLOW-HAMMER. 



Emberiza citrineUa. 



LENTIFULLY distributed 

 throughout uearly every part 

 of Great Britain, the Yellow- 

 Hamraer is one of the com- 

 monest and best known of our 

 familiar wild birds ; indeed, in 

 the summer months almost 

 every hedgerow or patch of 

 furze and gorse may be relied 

 upon to furnish a haunt for 

 this handsome little bird. 



Like many other species of 

 our feathered friends, the 

 Yellow-Hammer rejoices in a 

 variety of local names, and is 

 variously known as the 

 Yellow Bun ting, Yellow Yow- 

 ley, Goldie, Yeldrock, Yoit, 

 and othe r titles too numero us 

 to mentio n. 



The Yellow-Hammer is 

 found plentifully on the Euro- 

 pean continent, especially in 

 the more central parts, the 



