90 



CIRL-BUNTING. 



his bill which he wished to swallow. If food is offered to him when full 

 fed, he appears to urge that motion, as if trying- whether more could be 

 conveniently taken. 



The bird above alluded to, with a great share of attachment, was 

 naturally pugnacious, and would not hesitate to attack the hand which 

 had been caressing him the moment before. To children and strangers 

 he seemed to have an utter aversion, and would approach them with 

 the most daring impudence, challenging them vociferously ; at these 

 moments his affections seemed quite changed, and his best benefactors 

 could not touch him with impunity. 



CHURCH OWL.— A name for the Barn Owl. 



CHURN OWL.— A name for the Nightjar. 



CINEREOUS EAGLE.— A name for the Eagle (Falco alhicilla.) 



CINEREOUS GOD WIT.— A name for the Greenshank. 



CINEREOUS SHRIKE.— A name for the Butcher Bird. 



CINCLUS (Bechstein.) — 'Dipper, a genus thus characterised. 

 Bill rather slender, slightly bent upwards, compressed at the sides, and 

 the cutting edges bending inwards ; the upper mandible notched at the 

 tip and bending over the lower one. Nostrils at the sides of the base 

 naked, cleft lengthwise and partly covered by a membrane. Head 

 small, the forehead narrow and low. Body short and compact. Legs 

 short, with the feet having three toes before and one behind, the outer 

 toe joined at its base to the middle one, the shank being longer than 

 the middle toe. Wings short, the first quill being not half the length 

 of the second, which also is shorter than the third and fourth.* 



CIRCUS (Auc tores.) — *A genus thus characterised. Bill of middle 

 length. Nostrils somewhat oval. Shanks elongated. Shins plated 

 with scales. The third quill the longest in the wing. Sides of the 

 head furnished with a circle of feathers ; the disk similar to that of the 

 owls (Strigidce.) — Vigors.* 



CIRL-BUNTING (Emberiza cirlus, Linnaeus.) 



*Emberiza cirlus, Linn. Syst. l.p. 311. 12. — Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 879. sp. 12.— Lath. 



Ind. Orn. 1. p. 401. sp. 10 — Raii, Syn. p. 93. 4 Will. p. 196 Emberiza 



elcalhorax, Bechst. p. 135. sp. 4 Le Bruant de Haie, ou Zizi, Buff. Ois. 4. p. 



347 — lb. pi. Enl. 653. f. 1. old male, f. 2. the young. — Bruant Zizi ou de 



Haie, Temm. Man. d'Orn. 1. p. 313 Zaunammer, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 3. 



p. 292.— Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 1. p. 185. — Cirl-Bunting, Lath. Syn. 3. p. 



190. 26 — Mont. Orn. Diet. 1.— Ib. Supp. and fig. of male lb. Trans. Linn. 



Soc. 7. p. 276. — Shaw's Zool. 9. p. 356. t. 57. a copy from Montagu's figure 



Selby, pi. 52. fig. 4. p. 245.* 



The length of this species is six inches and a half ; weight about 

 seven drams. The bill is of a bluish lead-colour above, paler beneath ; 

 irides hazel. The crown of the head, nape of the neck, and upper 



