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BL ACTC-HE ABED BUNTING. 
REEl) BUNTING-. WATER SPARROW. CHINK. BLACK BONNET. 
PASSERINE BUNTING. MOUNTAIN SPARROW. 
Pennant. Montagu. 
Latham. 
Gould. 
Gmklin. Latham. 
Kay. 
Emberiza —.? Schcenidus— Some water bird, probably from 
Scoinos — A rush. 
iZinberiza schceniclus , 
“ passerina , 
“ schamiculus, 
“ arundinacea , 
Passer arundinaceus , 
On the continent of Europe this species is plentiful from 
Holland to Italy; and is found in summer in Russia, Denmark, 
Sweden, and Norway, arriving in April, and leaving again in 
September. 
The Reed Bunting is common enough with us in the 
neighbourhood of water, whether that of the river, the stream, 
the lake, the marsh, or the pond; and is also at times met 
with in other and very dissimilar situations throughout England. 
Near Falmouth it is scarce; one was shot at Svvanpool, on 
the 16th. of January, 1850. It occurs in Wales, Scotland, 
and Ireland, as also in the Hebrides. In the Orkneys it has 
been occasionally met with; and in the summer of 1845 a 
pair were observed with a nest in a plantation at Muddisdale, 
near Kirkwall. 
In the winter these birds move, at least the majority, but 
not all of them, from the more northern parts in a southerly 
direction, quitting in September or October, and returning in 
March or April. They are sprightly, active, and elegant in 
their appearance, though they have no gay plumage to strike 
the eve of a casual observer. They are watchful and rather 
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