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subject, as any new facts must be interesting. Also whether there are any reme¬ 
dies yet known lor their destructive ravages. 
1 am, Sir, yours, &c. 
Charmoutk^ Dorsetshire^ Beverley K. Morris.- 
10, 1837. 
Distribution of the Corn Bunting in England,. 
To the Editor of the Naturalist. 
Sir, —In the May number of The Naturalist Dr. Liverpool wishes any 
correspondents of the periodical, according to their observations, to corroborate 
or oppose his opinion respecting the distribution of the Bunting (Emberiza 
miliaria).'^ The fact is, that this bird is very locally and unequally dispersed. 
In some districts it is sufficiently abundant, while in others you will not see one. 
In the neighbourhood of the downs in Berkshire, near Lambourne, in the heart 
of the county, they are very plentiful. I have also seen a good many in Dor¬ 
setshire, near Lyme Begis, and occasionally near here, but it is only partially 
distributed in these parts. I think it may be said chiefly to frequent such 
farms as furnish in plenty the food from which it derives its name. I am pretty 
certain that they migrate occasionally, and perhaps periodically, from one part 
of the country to another. This may account, in some degree, for the opinion 
as to their scarcity, as they may have been missed when they were out visiting. 
I remain, Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
Doncaster.^ Ma^ 1837* E. Orpen Morris.. 
To the Editor of the Naturalist. 
Sir, —In reply to the observations of Dr. Liverpool, at p. 80 of the present 
volume, I send the following note. The Corn Bunting is by no means so com¬ 
mon as the Yellow Bunting in the neighbourhood of Charmouth, in the south of 
Dorsetshire. The number of Corn Buntings in any given space in that locality 
certainly falls very far short of that of the Yellow Buntings, though I have never 
considered it a rare bird, plenty of specimens being at all times procurable. 
It is, I understand, often passed off on the uninitiated in the London markets as 
a Lark, so that I suppose it must be tolerably common in the districts which 
supply the poulterers of the metropolis with those birds. 
I am, Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
Trinity College^ Dublin.^ Beverley B. Morris. 
May 15, 1837. 
* See algo a reply to the same query by Mr. Blyth, in his “ Commentary on Nos. vii. andTiii. 
of The Naturalist^'' in our current number.— Ed. 
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