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of this, the nest containing the fourth was for greater safety re- 
moved to a bank a few feet distant, where the single young one 
was so well provided with food by its parents, as quickly to grow 
to an extraordinary size. A similar fact in the case of the red- 
breast is mentioned in a preceding page ; but, in that instance, the 
young one was presumed to have died from over-feeding. The 
stomachs of such of these birds as have come under my observa- 
tion in winter, generally contained wheat, or some other grain; 
together with particles of stone or brick. Yellow yorlin is the 
common name bestowed on this species in the north of Ireland. 
— Yellow-hammer is a term likewise used ; but as Mr. Yarrell 
well remarks, the word should be Ammer, the German of bunting, 
and not hammer , which is meaningless as applied to this bird. 
About the shooting-lodge at Aberarder, Inverness-shire, a few 
of these birds were seen by us in September, 1842, although no 
sparrows were there, and but one robin appeared in the course 
of several autumns. In Holland, Trance, and Switzerland, the 
yellow bunting is commonly met with. The handsome species 
resembling this, but with a black head — Emb. melanocephala — 
flew on board H.M.S. Beacon when about eighty miles east of 
Malta, on the 23rd of April, 1841; and another of these birds 
was seen in a marshy place between Constantinople and the 
Yalley of Sweet Waters, on the 14th of May. 
The Curl Bunting (Emb. cirlus), as yet unknown in Ireland, is 
chiefly confined to the more southern portion of England, where it is 
indigenous. It has been recorded as occurring in Scotland* only once. 
The Ortolan Bunting (Emb. hortulana) has in very few instances 
been obtained in England, but not in Scotland f or Ireland. 
* Jar dine and Macgiflivray. 
f Ibid. 
