BLACK-HEADED BUNTING.
GOLF AN Y CYR8, OK THE AX CI K NT BRITISH.
RBBD BUNTING. WATER SPARROW, (MINK. BLACK BONNET.
PASSERINE BUNTING. MOUNTAIN SPARROW.
Emberiza sc hamulus,
" passerina,
" schivriiatlus,
" arundinacea,
Passer arundinacms.
PENNANT. MONTAGU.
LATHAM.
GOULD.
G.MELIN. LATHAM.
RAY.
Schceniclus—Some water bird, probably from
Serines—A rush.
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 Hunting is common enough with us in the neighbourhood
of water, whether that of the river, the stream, the lake, the
marsh or the pond; among willow beds, and reeds, and is also at
times met with in other and very dissimilar situations throughout
England. It is however somewhat local. Near Falmouth it is scarce ;
one was shot at Swanpool, 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
1815 a pair were observed with a nest in a plantation at Muddisdalc,
near k irk wall.
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. In severe
weather they approach more nearly to dwelling-places than at other
times. They are sprightly, active, and elegant in their appearance,