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Title: Birds of Great Britain and Ireland
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Butler, Arthur Gardiner, 1844-1925 Grld, H. (Henrik), 1858-1940 Frohawk, Frederick William, 1861-1946
Subjects: Passeriformes -- Great Britain Passeriformes -- Ireland Birds -- Great Britain Birds -- Ireland
Publisher: Hull London : Brumby & Clarke
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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d small spots occuron the same egg. Jerdon says of this Bunting (Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 378):—It makes itsappearance in the Deccan usually about the end of November: is found inimmense flocks, and is very destructive to the crops of jowaree, and other grains. Itleaves early in March, and certainly does not breed in any part of India. Tristramstates that it breeds in Corfu, frequenting brushwood on the hill sides, and hasan agreeable song. According to Seebohm this song ctmsists of only two orthree slight variations of nut a very loud nor yet \-ery melodious note, rapidlyrepeated, with a slight pause in the middle. The ordinary call-note is a loud clitt,chit, and the call-note of one sex to the other a more plaintive and longer con-tinued tsee-a. Howard Saunders says:—The call-note of the male is a vibratingmonotonous chiriririy As a captive, little pleasure can be derived from keeping the Black-headedBunting in a cage; doubtless its feeding is simple enough, millet and canary
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Corn-Bunting j 1%, ? Plate 85 Thk Corx-Blxting 109 forming its staple diet, varied in the summer by a few mealworms or cockroaches;when wild it is said to eat grasshoppers; it also eats a little fruit. A cagedexample is chiefly interesting for the show-bench; consequently the unfortunatespecimen captured in Fifeshire seems to have had a busy life at the hands of hisowners. In an aviar)- this species would doubtless l)e more interesting, but itwould want watching at first, unless associated with birds as powerful as itself;for some of the buntings are daugerousl)- sportive towards smaller and weaker birds. Family—FRINGILLID.-E. Suhfamily—EMBERIZIN.F. The Corn-Bunting. E)iiberiza miliaria, LiNN. IT would be useless to attempt to improve upon Seebohms account of thedistribution of this species:—Beyond the British Islands its range extends throughout Central and Southern Europe. It is only found in the extremesouth of Norwa) and Sweden; and east of the Baltic its northern limit appe

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