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liaving the two middle feathers blackish-brown, deeply 

 edged with pale orange-brown ; the two outer feathers 

 half-white and half-black, with an oblong hair-brown 

 spot near the tip ; the rest of the feathers black. Legs 

 and toes broccoli-brown. In winter, the feathers of the 

 head, throat, and gorget, are margined with yellowish- 

 brown, which disappears on the approach of spring. 



Female. Fig. 6. The female, also of the natural size. 



Throat white. Above the eye is a streak of pale reddish- 

 brown. Crown of the head yellowish-brown, w^ith the 

 shafts of the feathers black. Under parts streaked with 

 blackish-brown . 

 The young birds resemble the female. 



CIRL BUNTING. 



Emberiza cirlvs, Linn. 

 PLATE LII. Fig. 4. 



Emberiza cirlus, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 311. 12 — Gmel. Syst. 1. 879. sp. 12 



Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 1. p. 401. sp. 10 — Rati Syn. p. 93. 4 — Will. p. \m. 

 Emberiza eloathorax, Bechst. p. 135. sp. 4. 

 Le Bruant de Haie, ou Zizi, Buff. Ois. v. 4. p. 137 — Id. PL Enl. C53. f. 1. 



old male, f. 2. the young. 

 Bruant Zizi ou de Haie, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 313. 

 Zaunammer, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 292 — Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 



V. 1. p. 185. 

 Cirl Bunting, Lath. Syn. 3. p. 190. 26 Mont. Ornith. Diet v. 1 Id. Supp. 



and figure ot'male Id. Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 7. P- 276 — Shaw''s Zool. v. 9. 



p. 356. t. 57. a copy from Montagu's figure. 



The Cirl-Bunting is a bird of very partial distribution in 

 this kingdom, its range appearing to be confined to the very 

 mildest part of England, as it has been hitherto only found 

 in Devonshire, and in one or two adjoining counties ; and 

 there even more abundantly near to the coast than farther 

 inland. It was first discovered by Montagu, near Kings- 

 bridge, and added to the British Fauna ; and my readers 

 are referred to his interesting paper on the natural history 

 of this bird, in the seventh volume of the Transactions of 



