PLATE CLXI. 



Le Bruant Laye, Buff. 4. p, Z4^^.^Pl, EtiL 65S.f. 1, 

 CiRL Bunting. Lath, Syn. 3, p. 190.2 B, 



The Cirl Bunting is a bird not very uncommon in various coun«^ 

 tries of the fouth of Europe, but which till a very late period, 

 remained unknown as an inhabitant of this country. With us it 

 feems to be very local, and confined exclufively to the moft fouthern 

 diflrifts. From its clofe affinity to the Yellow Bunting, or as it is 

 more ufually called the Yellow Hammer, it may be eafily millakeri 

 by the fuperficial obferver for that fpecies. It is, neverthekfs^ 

 diflini^;. 



The natural food of this bird confifts of worms and infe^ls as 

 tveli as the feeds of various plants. Length fix inches and a half. 



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