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npon enquiry, found that it had been obtained in this neighbour- 
hood, and was supposed by its possessor to be a specimen of the 
Shore Lark. This is the only specimen recorded as British. A 
description will be found in Gould's Birds of Europe^ Vol II. ; 
Bree's Birds of Europe, Vol. II. ; and a notice by Mr. Gatcombe, 
of the specimen above referred to, will shortly appear in the pages 
of the Zoologist. 
Family— FRINGILLID^. 
Gen. CVNCKRABIUS, Bp. 
C. miliaria^ Linn., Common Bunting. 
Common. 
Gen. EMBERZZA, Linn. 
C. Cltrinella, Linn., Yellow Bunting. 
Common. 
Zi. Cirlus, Linn., Girl Bunting. 
Not uncommon in the South. 
ZS. schoeniclus, Linn., Reed Bunting. 
Not very common. 
Gen. PIiSCTROPKANES, Mey. 
P. nivalis, Linn., Snow Bunting. 
Has been met with occasionally. 
Gen. PASSZSR, Briss. 
P. montanus, Linn., Tree Sparrow. 
Rare. Two specimens were brought to the Plymouth market a 
few years ago, and another was killed at St. Budeaux more recently. 
P. domesticus, Linn., Sparrow. 
Common. I am informed, upon good authority, that in the 
parish of Sheepstor, a small Moorland village, about eight miles from 
Plymouth, the Sparrow is never seen. 
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