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BLACK-HEADED BUNTING. 



REED BUNTING. WATER SPARROW. CHINK. BLACK BONNET. 

 PASSERINE BUNTING. MOUNTAIN SPARROW. 



Emberiza sch&nidus, PKXNANT. MONTAGU. 



" passerina, LATHAM. 



" schosniculns, GOULD. 



" arundinacea, GMELIN. LATHAM. 



Passe)- arundinaceus, RAY. 



Emleriza ? Schcenidus Some water bird, probably from 



ScoinosA. rush. 



ON the continent of Europe this species is plentiful from 

 Holland to Italy; and is found in summer in Russia, Denmark, 

 Sweden, and Norway, arriving in April, and leaving again in 

 September. 



The Reed Bunting is common enough with us in the 

 neighbourhood of water, whether that of the river, the stream, 

 the lake, the marsh, or the pond; and is also at times met 

 with in other and very dissimilar situations throughout England. 

 Near Falmouth it is scarce; one was shot at Swanpool, on 

 the 16th. of January, 1850. It occurs in Wales, Scotland, 

 and Ireland, as also in the Hebrides. In the Orkneys it has 

 been occasionally met with; and* in the summer of 1845 a 

 pair were observed with a nest in a plantation at Muddisdale, 

 near Kirk wall. 



In the winter these birds move, at least the majority, but 

 not all of them, from the more northern parts in a southerly 

 direction, quitting in September or October, and returning in 

 March or April. They are sprightly, active, and elegant in 

 their appearance, though they have no gay plumage to strike 

 the eye of a casual observer. They are watchful and rather 



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