108 BIRDS OF MARLBOROUGH. 



Alauda arvensis. Sky-Lark. 



Alauda arborea. Wood-Lark. 



Emberiza miliaria. Common Bunting. 



Emberiza schceniclus. Black-headed Bunting. 

 This species is to be found about the Kennet throughout 

 the year, but its numbers appear to be much diminished in 

 winter. 



Emberiza citrinella. Yellow-hammer. 

 Builds indifferently on the ground or in bushes. A nest 

 of this bird was found as late as August 16th, 1858, in a 

 small bush on the open ground, inside the deer fence, on 

 the path from the College to the Forest. 



Fringilla cselebs. Chaffinch. 



Fringilla montifringilla. Mountain Finch. 

 This bird is said to have been seen in winter in the 

 stubble-fields on the Ogbourne Road. 



Passer domesticus. House Sparrow. 

 Coccothraustes chloris. Greenfinch. 



Coccothraustes vnlgaris. Hawfinch. 

 Wiltshire is not mentioned by Yarrell among the counties 

 of England in which this bird has hitherto been observed ; 

 nor, as far as I have been able to make out, has it been 

 noticed in any other part of Wiltshire than Savernake Forest. 

 Its shy habits render it extremely difficult to observe ; but 

 there is some evidence of its remaining with us throughout 

 the winter, and there is no doubt at all that they are to 

 be found in the breeding- season in considerable numbers. 

 During the years 1856-1858, an average of at least three 

 nests was taken yearly. In almost every case the nest 



