. The sportsman's British bird book . -elIow in front ;the fore part of the breast carries an olive-grey band, followed by oneof chestnut-brown ; and the abdomen is yellow. In the hens buffreplaces black on the throat, a pale yellow line above the eye alonerepresents the yellow and black of the head ; the lesser wing-covertsare greenish grey, while black streaks on a dingy yellow ground formthe colouring of the under-parts. Still more sombre are young birds,which show no yellow at all, al-though a generally huffish tingepervades the whole plumage. The warmer parts of Europeare the chief home o
. The sportsman's British bird book . -elIow in front ;the fore part of the breast carries an olive-grey band, followed by oneof chestnut-brown ; and the abdomen is yellow. In the hens buffreplaces black on the throat, a pale yellow line above the eye alonerepresents the yellow and black of the head ; the lesser wing-covertsare greenish grey, while black streaks on a dingy yellow ground formthe colouring of the under-parts. Still more sombre are young birds,which show no yellow at all, al-though a generally huffish tingepervades the whole plumage. The warmer parts of Europeare the chief home of this species,whose breeding-range appears tobe limited to the eastward bythe Crimea, although the birdis also known in Asia the breeding-areaembraces the northern districtsof Africa, where, however, thespecies is better known as awinter immigrant. In the BritishIslands the cirl-bunting is mostcommonly seen in the southerncounties of England, although itis recorded to have bred in theMidlands. It was observed m. NE ROWLAND WARD STUDIOS CIKL-BUXTING. Cardiganshire and Carnarvon-shire in 1902, in which year itwas also definitely recorded for the first time from Ireland. ToScotland it is only a very occasional straggler. Although more addicted to woods, and of a less bold disposition,in general habits the cirl-bunting very closely resembles the yellowhammer. Frequently, however, it nests in bushes—sometimes at amans height—rather than on the ground ; and the eggs differ in someslight details of colour and marking from those of the more familiarspecies. In September 1905, near Cley, in Norfolk, was shot an exampleof the yellow-breasted bunting {Einbcriza aureola), a species breedingin the neighbourhood of Archangel and farther east, of whichexamples have previously been recorded from France, Italy, Austria,and Heligoland. 554 PERCHING BIRDS Reed-Buntine- ^^cy unmistakable and easy of recognition is the (Emberiza handsome reed-bunting, in which the head and sch
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