90 CIRL-BUNTING. 
his bill which he wished to swallow. If food is offered to him when full 
fed, he appears to urg-e that motion, as if trying- whether more could be 
conveniently taken. 
The bird above alluded to, with a g-reat 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, Bech&t. p. 135. sp. 4 Le Bruant de Haie, ou Zizi, Buff. Ois. 4. p. 
347. — Ib. 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. — Ib. 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 
