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Naturalist some interesting notes on tin- habits of this 

 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 above 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 Godalmin, 

 and in Hampshire about Alton and Selborne, as noticed by 

 Mr. Blyth, and in the Isle of Wight ; in Berkshire it was 

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

 observed by Mr. Gould to be abundant about Chichester, 

 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 Museum 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, frequenting woods and high trees, gene- 

 rally perching near the top." It has also been observed 

 and obtained by Mr. Anstice in Somersetshire. Occa- 

 sionally 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. 



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