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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
S U B - F A M I L Y — Em berizincB. 
Genus — Emberiza. 
83. Emberiza miliaria, Corn-Bunting. 
Common Bunting. Bunt-Lark. Clod-Lark. 
A resident, and a fairly plentiful species in all suitable 
localities in the county and Isle of Wight. 
Gilbert White writes ^ of this bird : " You may depend 
on it that the bunting, Emberiza miliaria^ does not leave 
this country in the winter. In January, 1767, I saw several 
dozen of them, in the midst of a severe frost, among the 
bushes on the downs near Andover ; in our woodland 
enclosed district it is a rare bird." 
In his Calendar, under July 21st, 1773, he notes: "I 
am not sure that I ever saw one before in Selborne." 
84. Emberiza citrine lla. Yellow Hammer. 
Yellow Bunting. 
An abundant resident in all parts of the county and 
Isle of Wight. 
Gilbert White writes 2 : " I heard many birds of several 
species sing last year after midsummer ; enough to prove 
that the summer solstice is not the period that puts a stop 
to the music of the woods. The yellow hammer, no doubt, 
persists with more steadiness than any other." And again ^ 
' Letter xiii. to Pennant. Selborne. January 22nd, 1768. 
2 Letter v. to Barrington. Selborne. April 12th, 1770. 
3 Letter iii. to Barrington. Selborne. January iSth, 1770. 
