32 fringillidjE. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Regular Autunm 

 Visitor to the Shetlands, but as yet a Eare Visitor elsewhere in 

 our islands. Recorded in Sussex, Nov. 1864 ; Durham, Oct. 

 1-892 ; Warwickshire, Oct. 1892 ; Orkneys, Oct. 1903 and 

 1913, Sept. 1908 ; Kent, Nov. ] 907 ; Norfolk, Oct. 1908 ; co. 

 Dublin, Oct. 1908 ; St. Kilda, Sept. 1911 ; the Isle of May, 

 Fife, Sept. 1909 ; Yorkshire, Oct. 1913 ; and Fair Isle, 

 Shetlands, where it is regular in its appearance in autumn 

 and has once occurred in spring. 



General Distribution. — The Little Bunting breeds in north- 

 eastern Europe and Siberia, from Onega in Russia to the 

 Amur ; also in Turkestan and Mongolia. In winter it moves 

 southwards through China to northern India and Burma and 

 has occurred in the Andamans and Philippines. It occurs occa- 

 sionally in most parts of Europe, in Asia Minor and Algeria. 



Emberiza schoeniclus. Reed-Bunting. 



Emberiza schoeniclus Linnccus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 182 : 



Sweden. 



Emberiza schoeniclus Linn. ; B. O. If. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 62 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. 1888, p. 480; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 221. 



Schcenlclus=iTxoiviK\os, a certain water-bird mentioned by Aristotle, H. A. 

 viii. 3, 13 ; derived from o'xoii'os=a rush. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — Kesident in most parts 

 of the British Isles, but absent as such from the Shetlands, 

 where, however, it occurs in spring and autumn. A Summer 

 Visitor, since many of our native birds leave in the autumn 

 and return in the spring. A Winter Visitor, arriving from 

 northern Europe in autumn. 



General Distribution. — The Reed-Bunting breeds through- 

 out Europe, with the exception of the south-east, and ranges 

 eastwards to Siberia. Migratory in the northern portion of 

 its range, its numbers in southern Europe are increased in 

 winter, at which season it is also found in northern Africa 

 and south-west Asia to the northern Punjab. Allied forms 

 have been described from south-east Europe and central Asia. 



