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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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reed
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Females look a bit like our female reed buntings , having a streaked appearance all over.
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A pair of black-headed, white collared reed buntings preened on bracken fronds, their white-edged tails constantly flickering.
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Now it is probably extinct as a breeding bird in Shetland, and its place has been taken by the reed bunting .
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Scrubland birds such as reed bunting and curlew breed here.
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Five reed buntings preened at the pool's edge.
snow
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The two bunting species are very different in appearance. Snow bunting males are unmistakable in their all-white plumage with black backs.
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And that small bird there must be a ... snow bunting .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A pair of black-headed, white collared reed buntings preened on bracken fronds, their white-edged tails constantly flickering.
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But headmistress Helen Williams won't be reaching for the champagne glasses or festive bunting .
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Females look a bit like our female reed buntings, having a streaked appearance all over.
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Lark buntings inhabit the prairies, breeding in alfalfa fields.
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Male Lapland buntings have streaked brown backs with striking black, white and chestnut heads.
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Snow bunting males are unmistakable in their all-white plumage with black backs.
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The scene lay before me like the field of a medieval tourney: banners and bunting and ladies in jewel-bright colours.
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The two bunting species are very different in appearance.