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One, Brighton, Oct. 23, 1867 : Gould, Ibis, 1869, p. 128, and 



" Birds of Great Britain," figure. 

 One, Easington, Holderness, Sept. 17, 1881 : Eagle Clarke, 



Zool, 1881, p. 465. In the York Museum. 

 One taken by a bird-catcher, Elstree Reservoir, Nov, 19, 



1882 : Lord Lilford, Zool, 1883, p. 33. Figured in his 



" Coloured Illustrations of British Birds." 



BLACK-HEADED BUNTING. Emherizamelanocephala, 

 Scopoli. Length, 7 in. ; bill, 0'6 in. ; wing, 3*6 in. ; 

 tarsus, 0*9 in. 



Hah. South-Eastern Europe and Western Asia, west- 

 ward to Southern Germany and the South of France. 



One, Brighton Racecourse, Nov. 3, 1868 : Gould, Ibis, 

 1869, p. 128; "Birds of Asia," figure, and "Birds 

 of Great Britain," figure. Yarrell, 4th ed., vol. ii. 

 p. 64. 



One near Radcliffe, Notts, July 1884: Ashworth, Zool., 

 1886, p. 73. 



Ohs. As the name " Black - headed Bunting" 

 properly belongs to this species, our well - known 

 Emheriza schmniclus is distinguished in the first 

 part of this volume (p. 75) as the "Reed Bunting." 



BRANDT'S BUNTING. Emheriza cioides, Brandt. 

 Length, 6*5 in. ; bill, 4 in. ; wing, 3 '3 in. ; tarsus, 

 0-75 in. 

 Hob. Eastern and Central Siberia and China. 



One caught alive near Flamborough Head Lighthouse, 

 Nov. 1886: Chase, J^at, 1889, pp. 79, 113, 334, 356; 

 exhibited by Canon Tristram, Froc. Zool. Soc, 1889, 

 p. 6, and figured Ibis, 1889, p. 293. 



Obs. This is the first recorded occurrence of the 

 species in Europe, its range being apparently con- 



