NOTES ON A FEW BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT. 
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The bunting that nests closest to the city is the Cirl Bunting 
(Emberiza Cirlus), a local species in the South of England. The 
cock has three distinctly different songs, but each song may be 
described as a monotonous trilling chatter. It is difficult to describe 
the different notes, but the bird repeats each about a dozen times 
before changing. You need to be close to see the cock's plumage. 
He is a very handsomely marked bird. I have seen a nest at the 
bottom of the Gully, on the embankment. There are two other 
buntings in the district, the Reed and Yellow Bunting. 
We have not many Ornithologists in the district, and I am sure 
there are still several records to be added to our local Bird List. 
The marshes and flat fields by the Severn shore, and some of the 
nearest points of the Mendip Hills, particularly, would repay 
careful exploration. 
