204 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



had personal knowledge was noted on 2ist September 1902, 

 at Marton-in-Cleveland, and contained four much incubated 

 eggs, although Mr. J. Ranson (Zool. 1865, p. 9711), mentioned 

 the finding of eggs and young in October in a hedge on the 

 high moors of Yorkshire. 



A variety of this species with white wing-bars was noted 

 at Aldborough in Holderness (Nat. 1894, p. 284) ; a pied 

 specimen was obtained near Scarborough in August 1905 ; 

 and at Redcar on i6th June 1903, I procured a clutch of 

 three eggs which were perfectly colourless. 



The vernacular local names are numerous. The terms 

 in most general use are Yellow Hammer or Yellow Ammer ; 

 Yellow Yowley, noted by Tunstall in 1784, is also in general 

 use, and Yeldrock is a Sedbergh name. A West Riding term 

 is Yellow Youldring or Yoldring, with the variants Goldring 

 and Youldring (Zool. 1848, p. 2290), Yolering at Huddersfield, 

 Yowlring and Yowley at Ackworth,, Yellow Yowring in Craven 

 and Youldie in the Western Ainsty ; of close affinity to these 

 is the general term Goldie. In the North Riding this bird 

 is Goldfinch, or as pronounced Gowdspink. In 1784 Tunstall 

 called it Goldspink, a name recorded also as used at Thirsk 

 in 1854. In Upper Teesdale it is simply Spink ; Bessy at 

 Sedbergh ; Scribbler in Cleveland ; Writing Lark and Scrib- 

 bling Lark at Harrogate and in Craven ; Blakeling in Craven ; 

 and Gold Lenny or Yellow Lenny at Loftus-in-Cleveland. 



CIRL BUNTING. 

 Emberiza cirlus (.). 



Resident ; very limited both in numbers and distribution. 



The first mention of the Cirl Bunting in Yorkshire was 

 made by Neville Wood, who recorded that a fine female, in 

 excellent condition, was shot at Campsall, seven miles to the 

 north of Doncaster, on 25th April 1837 (Neville Wood's Nat. 

 June 1837). 



