EMBERIZHLE. 



species, as observed by himself in the Isle of Wight. It 

 is much more shy than the Yellow Bunting. The nest 

 is usually placed higher abo.ve the ground than that of the 

 Yellow Bunting. French Yellow Ammer, and Black- 

 throated Yellow Ammer, are the provincial names which 

 have been applied to it. 



Since Colonel Montagu's discovery of the Cirl Bunting 

 in Devonshire, this species has been observed in many 

 other counties. It has been found in Surrey near Godal- 

 ming, and in Hampshire about Alton and Selborne, as 

 noticed by Mr. Blyth, and in the Isle of Wight ; in Berk- 

 shire it was obtained by the Rev. Orpen Morris ; in Sussex 

 it has been observed by Mr. Gould and Mr. Knox to be 

 common from Chichester to Brighton, and is constantly 

 found in Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and Devonshire ; it is not 

 unfrequent in Cornwall, having been taken at Penzance 

 and at Penryn ; Mr. Bewick says, " Our figure is from a 

 well-preserved specimen presented to the Newcastle Mu- 

 seum by Mr. Henry Memburn, of St. Germain, Cornwall, 

 where it was shot in 1822. This gentleman has besides 

 ascertained that they breed in that neighbourhood, fre- 

 quenting woods and high trees, generally perching near 

 the top.'* It has also been observed and obtained by Mr. 

 Anstice in Somersetshire. Occasionally in winter specimens 

 are taken by the London bird-catchers. 



In the northern counties the Cirl Bunting is very rare. 

 One was obtained in 1837 near Doncaster by Mr. Neville 

 Wood. Mr. Thomas Allis sent me notice of one that had 

 been taken near York; and a third was obtained near 

 Edinburgh, as noticed by Mr. Wilson in the second volume 

 of the Memoirs of the Wernerian Society. 



The Cirl Bunting is most numerous in the southern 

 parts of the European continent. In France it is only seen 

 when going northward in spring, and again when returning 



