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SPECIES II. 
JVil. orn. 268. 
Rail fyn. av. 93. 
Briffon av. 258. 
f m HIS being the commoneft of our 
fmall birds, merits not defcription. It 
makes a large flat neft on the ground, 
near or under a bufti or hedge ; the materials 
The Yellow-hammer. 
Emberiza flava. Gefner av. 653. 
Emberiza citrinella. Lin. fyft. 177. 
are mofs, dried roots and horfe hair interwoven. 
It lays fix eggs of a white color, veined with a 
dark purple. 
SPECIES III. The Reed Sparrow. Plate W. 
Fig. 1. The female. Fig. 2. The male. 
mi . orn. 269. 
Rail fyn. av. 93 - 
The nettle-monger. Morton 
Northampt . 428. 
H E reed fparrow inhabites marfhy 
places ; moll commonly among reeds ; 
from which it takes its name. It 
forms a neft of decayed rufhes, fine bents and 
hairs; and lays four or five eggs, of a dirty 
white, marked with irregular purplifh veins, 
efpecially on the larger end. It is a bird much 
admired for its long. 
In the male, the head, chin and throat are 
black ; at each corner of the mouth cqmmen, 
ces a white ring, which encircles the head. The 
Hortulanus arundinaceus. Briffon 
av. III. 274. 
Schoeniclus. Gefner av. 573, 652. 
Fringilla fchceniclus. Lin.fyfl. 182. 
whole under fide of the body is white. The 
back, coverts of the wings, and the fcapular 
feathers are black, deeply bordered with red. 
The two middle feathers of the tail are of the 
fame colors; the three next black. The ex¬ 
terior web, and part of the interior of the out^ 
moft feather is white. The head of the female 
is ruft-colored, fpotted with black ; it wants the 
white ring round the neck; but in moft other re- 
fjpe<fts refefnbles the male. 
SPECIES IV. The greater Brambling. Plate X. Fig. 6 . 
Great pied mountain finch, or 
brambling. JVil. orn. 255. 
Rail fyn. av. 88. 
Hortulanus nivalis, Briffon av. III. 
285. 
H E figure reprefents this bird of its 
natural fize, and of the colors it a ft 
fumes when in its proper plumage. 
Sometimes in this, but always in the Ar&ic coun* 
Snow-bird. Edzu. av. 126. 
Avis ignota a Piperino miffa. Gefner 
av. 798. 
Emberiza nivalis, Lin. fyft. 176. 
Faun, fuec. N°. 227, 
tries; the whole bird, except the back, ends of 
the quil feathers, and the four middle feathers 
of the tail, is white : thofe parts being with us 
partly tawny, partly black; in the northern 
regions 
