440 REED BUNTING. Class II. 



4. Reed. Emberiza Schccniclus. E. ca- Ror-Spurv. Brunnich 251. 



pite nigro, corpore griseo L'Ortolan de Roseaux, Hor- 

 nigroque, rectricibus exti- tulanus arundinaceus. .Bra- 

 mis macula alba cuneiformh son av. iii. 274. Hist, d'ois. 

 Lath. Lid. orn. 402. id. iv. 315. PI. Enl. 247./. 2- 

 Syn. iii. 173. id. Sup. i. 477. /• 2. 

 157. Emberiza Schceniclus. Gm. 



Schoeniclus. Gesner av. 573, Lin. 881. 



652. Saf-sparf. Faun. Suec. sp. 231. 



Wil. orn. 269. Rohrammering, Meerspatz. 



Reed Sparrow. Rail Syn. av. Kra>n.371. 



95. Rohrammer (Reed-hammer) 



The Nettle-monger. Morton Frisch, i. 7. 



Nortkampf. 428. Br. Zool. 112. plate W. 



A HE reed bunting inhabits marshy places^ 

 most commonly among reeds; from which it 

 takes its name. 

 Nest. [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. 

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

 black ; the tongue livid : at each corner of the 



TION. 



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



