in Great Britain during the Nesting -season. 1 25 



Lat. 57°-61°. " Highland " or mountain type. Not in Ire- 

 land. 



In the ' Natural History of Deeside' it is recorded that tbe 

 Snow-Bunting has been noticed (by Maegillivray), early in 

 August, on Lochnagar, Cairn-tual, and Ben-mac-dhui. In the 

 same work, Messrs. Gumming and Brown state that it resides 

 on these mountains all summer, and breeds ; and Mr. Stewart 

 says that' it breeds on Ben Aun. In Banffshire, also, Mr. T. 

 Edward has seen the Snow-Bunting in summer (Zoologist, p. 

 6597). Reference may be made to the first volume of Macgil- 

 livray^s 'British Birds,^ and to Yarrell, who quotes Colonel 

 Thornton as having seen " Snow-flakes " on a Ptarmigan-moun- 

 tain on the 29th of August. 



Quite recently Dr. Saxby has discovered the nest of the 

 Snow-Bunting in Unst, Shetland (' Zoologist,^ p. 7709) ; and 

 he tells me that he has upon many occasions observed pairs of 

 them during summer, but in parts of the cliffs almost always 

 inaccessible (see also ' Zoologist ' for 1863, p. 8680, and 1864, 

 p. 9237). In the latter passage Dr. Saxby considers that the 

 Snow-Bunting breeds regularly in the cliffs below Saxavord. 



Emberiza miliaria {Linn,). Common Bunting. 

 Provinces I.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1-38. 

 Lat. 50°-61°. " British " type, or general. 



Less numerous in Scotland, being attached to the corn-fields 

 and cultivated districts, but reaches to the Outer Hebrides, 

 Orkney, and Shetland. 



Emberiza schgsniclus (Linn.). Reed-Bunting. 

 Provinces I.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1-36, 37. 

 Lat. 50°-59° or 60°. " British " type, or general. 



Once observed breeding in Orkney, according to Messrs. 

 Baikie and Heddle. 



Emberiza citrinella {Linn.). Yellow Hammer. 

 Provinces I.-XVIH. 



