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Cirl-Bunting —Emberiza cirlus, Linn. 
PLATE 52. Fig. 4. 
Emberiza cirlus, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 311. 12.—Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 879. sp. 12.— 
Lath. Ynd. Ornith. v. 1. p. 401. sp. 10.—Raii, Syn. p. 93. 4.—Will. p. 196. 
Emberiza elcathorax, Bechst. p. 135. sp. 4. 
Le Bruant de Haie, ou Zizi, Buff: Ois. v. 4. p.347.—IJd. Pl. Enl. 6553. 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. |. p. 185. 
Cirl Bunce Lath. Syn. 3. p. 190. 26.—Mont. Ornith. Dict. v. 1.—Id. Supp. 
and figure of male.—/d. 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 Locality. 
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 far- 
ther inland. It was first discovered by Montacu, near 
Kingsbridge, and added to the British Fauna; and my read- 
ers are referred to his interesting paper on the natural histo- 
ry of this bird, in the seventh volume of the Transactions of 
the Linnean Society ; as well as to the account given of it in 
the Ornithological Dictionary and Supplement of the same 
author. Its habits and manners seem nearest allied to the 
Yellow-Hammer, with which bird it frequently associates in 
winter ; and its run of notes is similar, but shorter, and not 
quite so shrill.—It places its nest in a furze or other low bush, Nest, &c. 
very near to the ground; this is composed of the dry stalks 
of grasses, intermingled with fibres of root, and moss, and 
lined with hair, and contains four or five eggs, very like those 
of the Yellow-Hammer, but rather less; being of a greyish- 
white, marked with waving lines, frequently ending in spots 
of a reddish-brown, or chocolate colour.—The food of this Food. 
species consists of grain and other seeds, as well as insects, 
which indeed appear to form its principal support during the 
summer. Monracu tells us that this diet was most accept- | 
