YELLOW BUNTING. 
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grasses, on the inside lined with hair or very fine 
grass. After breeding, the party of young may 
frequently be found by the edges of the cultivated 
districts, and often in potatoe fields. In winter, 
they congregate into larger flocks, and seem 
more gregariously disposed than many of our 
other British Buntings. 
The range of the Common Bunting is general 
in Britain, extending northward to Sutherland- 
shire and the Hebrides. In Europe also it 
reaches for a considerable way both to the north 
and south, passing the Asiatic boundary. 
The Yellow Bunting, Emberiza citri- 
nella, Linn. — Em. citrinella, Linn. SfC . — 
Yellow Bunting , or Yelloiv Hammer, of British 
authors. — This very beautiful and common species 
is distributed in abundance through all the cul- 
tivated districts of the British mainland, becom- 
ing less plentiful towards the north, and, according 
to Mr Dunn, being an occasional visiter of Ork- 
ney. It may be found every where, though par- 
tial to culture and population, and may be seen 
in almost every hedgerow or lane, either flitting 
before the traveller, or basking in the dust of the 
way, or perched on some rather elevated spray, 
and thence uttering its little varied note. In 
winter, it congregates in small parties, mixes 
with flocks of other small birds, and frequents 
the farm-yard, or vicinity of cottages, where food 
may be expected ; it is not, however, gregarious 
