440 



HEED BUNTING. 



Class II. 



4. Reed. 



Nest. 



Emberiza Schceniclus. E. ca- 

 pite nigro, corpore griseo 

 nigroque, rectricibus exti- 

 mis macula alba cuneiformi. 

 Lath. Ind. orn. 402. id. 

 Syn. iii. 173. id. Sup. i. 

 157. 



Schceniclus. Gesner av. 573, 

 652. 



Wil. orn. 269. 



Reed Sparrow. Raii Syn. av. 



95. 



The Nettle-monger. Morton 

 Northampf. 428. 



Ror-Spurv. Brunnich 251. 

 L'Ortolan de Roseaux, Hor- 



tulanus arundinaceus. Bris- 



son av. iii. 274. Hist, d'ois. 



iv. 315. PI. Enl. 247-/. 2. 



477. /. 2. 

 Emberiza Schceniclus. Gm. 



Lin. 881. 

 Saf-sparf. Faun. Suec. sp. 23 i. 

 Rohrammering, Meerspatz. 



Kram. 37 1 . 

 Rohrammer (Reed-hammer) 



Frisck, i. 7- 

 Br. Zool. 112. plate W. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



XHE reed bunting inhabits marshy places, 

 most commonly among reeds ; from which it 

 takes its name. 



[Its nest is composed of stalks of grass inter- 

 mixed sometimes with moss, and lined with fine 

 grass, and generally placed on the ground near 

 water, sometimes in high grass reeds or sedge. 

 The eggs are of a dirty bluish white, spotted 

 and veined like those of the Chaffinch. Its 

 song is inharmonious, consisting only of two 

 notes, the first repeated three or four times, 

 the last single and more sharp.* Ed. 



In the male, the head, chin, and throat, are 

 black ; the tongue livid : at each corner of the 



* Mo7it. orn. Diet. art. Bunting-Reed. 



