. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . CORN-BUNTING. I 1^ CO O HI z>- DC BROWN BIRDS WITH SPOTTED BREASTS. 87 CORN-BUNTING.—Plate 36. Length, 7 parts light brown, with dark central streaks tothe feathers ; wing-feathers brown, with paler edgings ;tail-feathers almost uniform brown ; under parts dullwhite, with dark spots and streaks; bill Eggs.—4—5, pale buff or gray in the ground,suffused with purplish-brown, and boldly blotched andstreaked with medium and dark reddish - brown;IO X -7 inch (plate 124). Nest.—Loosely made of s
. British birds & their eggs : with a new method of identification . CORN-BUNTING. I 1^ CO O HI z>- DC BROWN BIRDS WITH SPOTTED BREASTS. 87 CORN-BUNTING.—Plate 36. Length, 7 parts light brown, with dark central streaks tothe feathers ; wing-feathers brown, with paler edgings ;tail-feathers almost uniform brown ; under parts dullwhite, with dark spots and streaks; bill Eggs.—4—5, pale buff or gray in the ground,suffused with purplish-brown, and boldly blotched andstreaked with medium and dark reddish - brown;IO X -7 inch (plate 124). Nest.—Loosely made of straw, dry grass, and root-fibres, lined with hair, and placed well out in fields ofcorn, grass, or clover. Distribution.—Local throughout the British Isles. The Corn-Bunting is the largest of our Buntings—a lethargic, droop-tail community. As there isnothing distinctive in his appearance, he is to beidentified rather by his habits and song. He sitsinertly for hours together upon a hedge-top, a branch(preferably a bare one), or on a telegraph wire, utter-ing at leisurely interva
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