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149. MeLanocorypHA LEUCOPTERA : : ; Z : ; : ‘ : Volk thle Pi: -xexe
WHITE-WINGED Lark.

The native country of this bird is Siberia and the eastern portions of Europe. In a single instance only

has it been killed in England, for the particulars of which see the letterpress opposite the Plate.

Genus CALANDRELLA.
150. CaLANDRELLA BRACHYDACTYLA : : ; ; ; ; i : ; Vols Tile Pl xexde
SHortT-TOED Lark.
A native of Central and Southern Europe, India, and China. Only four or five instances of its having

been killed in England have been placed on record ; consequently it must be regarded as purely an accidental

visitant.

Family EMBERIZIDA.

The members of this great group of birds extend over Europe, Asia, and Africa, to which sections of the
globe they appear to be confined, inasmuch as no true Bunting has yet been discovered in America, Australia,
New Zealand, or, I believe, the islands of the Eastern archipelago. The numerous species of which the
family is composed are divisible into many genera; and the ten species recognized as inhabiting Britain
have been divided into six or seven. The food of all, both of those which frequent our islands and of those
found in other countries, is of a mixed character, seeds of various kinds constituting its main portion; but

insects and their larve are largely partaken of, and probably form at first the sole nourishment of the young,

Genus Empeniza.
151. EmBERIZA CITRINELLA . : : : ; : : : : : ? Vol. III. Pl. XXII.
YELLOWHAMMER or YELLOW BuntINe.
Very generally dispersed over the three kingdoms; breeds and rears its young between spring and
midsummer. British specimens differ considerably in the colouring of their plumage, and are very much
less in size than continental examples.

152. EmBERIZA CIRLUS : : : 2 : F , : é : ; Vol Ty BEX

Cirt Buntinc.

A resident, but somewhat local; breeds in most of our southern counties, particularly in chalky districts,

and annually as near to London as Cookham, in Berkshire; very scarce in Scotland, and never seen in Ireland.