Identifier: birdsofgreatbrit02butl (find matches)
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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. Family—IK/A GIL L ID. E. Sub/a iiuiy —EMBERIZIN. E. The Yellow Bunting. Eiiihiviza ci/riinlla, LiNN. THE Yellow Ammer or Hammer, as this bird is generally called (^from theGerman name Goldammer, which means Golden Bunting)* is generallydistributed throughout the greater part of Europe, breeding in Scandinaviaas far north as lat. 70°, and in the valley of the Ob, in Siberia, up to lat 64°.To the more northern portions of its range it is only a summer visitor, and it onlyvisits the more southern portions in the winter, but in the temperate regions itis resident; in winter it occurs southwards through Turkey into N.W. Persiaand Turkestan. Although almost unknown in S.W. Spain, it is said to be residentin Teneriffe. Throughout Great Britain tliis species is abundant and generally distributed,breeding everywhere excepting, perhaps, in the Shetlands. * Also locally kuowii as Yellow Yorliug or VoUlriug. ^ V ih: t J... /. ,/■ / /
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Yellow Bunting *, . i-c. Plate 96, The Yellow Buxting 113 The male Yellow Buntiug in breeding plumage appears to vary consideiablyiu beauty of plumage, the birds of Mid-Kent appearing almost like a distinctspecies from those of North-west Kent, owing to the much greater developmentof yellow on the head. The crown and nape bright Canary-yellow, with an olive-brown streak across the forehead and bounding the sides of the crown ; * or lemon-yellow much more streaked with olive-brown ; remainder of upper parts chestnut,the feathers of the mantle and back with strongly marked black longitudinalstreaks; wing-coverts and inner secondaries dark smoky-brown, bordered withchestnut; remaining secondaries and primaries sooty-blackish, with more or lessyellow margins to the outer webs and slightly ashy tips : two central tail feathersdark smoky-brown, with pale cinnamon-brownish borders ; remaining feathers sooty-blackish, \\-ith very narrow yellowish edging to the outer web; the two outerfeathers

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