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differ in their plumage from those taken in En- 

 gland. 



Emberiza miliaria, Linn. Bunting. — This 

 bird regularly resorts to both countries in the 

 spring in considerable numbers, remaining to breed 

 during the summer, and leaving again on the ap- 

 proach of winter. 



EMBERizACiTRixELLA,£?>m. Yellow Bunting. 

 Yellow Hammer. — This is a rare visitor in both 

 countries, and is only to be seen during the winter 

 season. 



Passer domesticus, Kay. House Sparrow. 

 Common Sparrow. — Sparrows are numerously 

 dispersed through Shetland and Orkney, where, 

 as in warmer latitudes, they build in old buildings 

 and in holes in the rocks, but never far from the 

 habitation of man. 



Lin aria Montana, Ray. Twite. Mountain 

 Linnet. Heather Lintee*. — This, as far as I am 

 aware, is the only Linnet that breeds in these coun- 

 tries, over which it is pretty numerously dispersed. 

 I have repeatedly taken its nest, which I found in 

 shaded situations amongst long heath. In the 



