. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . they leave the colder regions to go south, fattened with the richproduce of the harvest-fields, they have a rich, delicate flavour,and are then in France eagerly sought after for the table, andfrequently brought to market along with Larks and Ortolans. The Buntings are divided into the Buntings properly so called,in which the claw of the back toe is short and hooked, and theSpurred or Lark Buntings {Plectrophanes, Meyer), in which it islong, straight, compresse
. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . they leave the colder regions to go south, fattened with the richproduce of the harvest-fields, they have a rich, delicate flavour,and are then in France eagerly sought after for the table, andfrequently brought to market along with Larks and Ortolans. The Buntings are divided into the Buntings properly so called,in which the claw of the back toe is short and hooked, and theSpurred or Lark Buntings {Plectrophanes, Meyer), in which it islong, straight, compressed, and slightly arched. To the first of 526 PASSEEINES. these divisions belongs tlie Reed Bunting {Emheriza scJtceniclus,McGillivray), Fig. 235, wliicli may be considered the type ofthe group, and is a constant resident all the year round inFrance and England, but migratory in Scotland and othernorthern countries. The Cirl Bunting {E. cirlus), Fig. 236, on the other hand,although found in Devon and Ccrnwall, and other parts ofEngland, is only plentiful in the southern parts of Europe,and does not migrate into the colder Fig. 237.—The Ortolan Buuting (hmberiza liortulana, McGrillivray). The Ortolan Bunting {E. hortulana, Yarrell), Fig. 237, sowell known to gourmets and pot-hunters of Southern Europe,migrates periodically. Some have been found in various parts ofEngland, but they were evidently stragglers, driven there b}-accidental circumstances. They abound on the northern shoresof the Mediterranean, in Western Central Asia, in France, andas far north as Norway, where they are known to breed. Theirfavourite resorts, according to Meyer, are the borders of woods,hedges, and fields, near a water-course, clothed with low willowsand bushes. They are very shy : still great numbers are capturedin nets, when they are kept in confinement, and crammed forthe table. TITMICE. 527 The Snow Bunting {Plectrophanes nivalis, Gould) rarely showsitself in France, and Montagu describes
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