. A history of British birds . VOL. II. 50 PASSERES. EMBEHlZlDiE. Emberiza cirlus, Liiinseus*.THE CIRL-BUNTING. Emberiza chius. Although this bird was thought by Montagu, who firstadded its name to the British catalogue, to be restricted to ourmost westerly counties—Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, ithas since been found to possess a much wider range through-out the south of England. It was discovered by him nearKingsbridge in the winter of 1800, among flocks of YellowBuntings and Chaffinches, from which he obtained severalspecimens of both sexes, as almost simultaneously recordedby
. A history of British birds . VOL. II. 50 PASSERES. EMBEHlZlDiE. Emberiza cirlus, Liiinseus*.THE CIRL-BUNTING. Emberiza chius. Although this bird was thought by Montagu, who firstadded its name to the British catalogue, to be restricted to ourmost westerly counties—Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, ithas since been found to possess a much wider range through-out the south of England. It was discovered by him nearKingsbridge in the winter of 1800, among flocks of YellowBuntings and Chaffinches, from which he obtained severalspecimens of both sexes, as almost simultaneously recordedby himself and Latham. In the following summer it wasfound breeding in Devonshire, and an account of the mode bywhich he successfully reared the young, and of their habits • Syst. Nat. Ed 12, i. p. 311 (1766). CIRL-BUNTING. 51 ill confinement, was communicated to the Liimean Societyby Montagu (Trans. Linn. Soc. vii. pp. 276-280). The Cirl-Bunting is generally found near the south coast,and with us is everywhere very local. In most of its habitsit resembles the Yellow Bunti
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