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EMBERIZA LEUCOCEPHALA 



44. Emberiza leucocephala S. G. Gm.— THE PINE-BUNTING. 



Emberiza leucocephalos S. G. Gmelin, Nov. Comm. Acad. Sci. Imp. 

 Petropol., XV, p. 480, pi. 23, fig. 3 (1771— Astrakhan). 



Emberiza leucocephala W. Eagle Clarke, Scot. Nat., 1912, p. 8 ; c/. Brit. B., 

 V, p. 239. 



Distribution. — Scotland. — One. Male, Fair Isle (Shetlands), Oct. 

 30, 1911 [iU supra). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds from west Siberia (Ural) to east 

 Siberia. Migrates to China, Mongolia, Turkestan, casually to 

 Europe (Itaty, Dalmatia, Russia, south France, Austria, Heligoland). 



EMBERIZA MELANOCEPHALA 



45. Emberiza melanocephala Scop. — THE BLACK-HEADED 

 BUNTING. 



Emberiza melanocephala Scopoli, Annus i. Hist. Xat., p. 142 (1769 — 



Carniola). 



Emberiza melanocephala Scopoli, Yarrell, 11, p. 64 ; Samiders, p, 205. 



Distribution. — Great Britain — Five England, two Scotland. 

 Female near Brighton (Sussex) about Nov. 3, 1888. Male, Notts., 

 June or July, 1884. Male, near Dunfermline (Fife) Nov. 5, 1886, 

 Female, Bexhill (Sussex) Nov. 3, 1894 (Saunders, p. 205). Male, 

 Little Common (Sussex) April 21, 1905. Male, Fair Isle, Sept. 

 21, 1907. Male, near Westfield (Sussex) May 5, 1909 [Brit. B., 

 I, pp. 248, 383 ; iii, p. 412). 



Distribution — Abroad. — South-east Europe and Asia Minor to 

 Palestine, Persia, and Baluchistan, occasionally west to Itaty ; 

 casual visitor to south Germany, Austria, south France, Heligoland. 

 In winter in north-west India. 



EMBERIZA AUREOLA 



46. Emberiza aureola Pall.— THE YELLOW-BREASTED 



BUNTING. 



Emberiza Atjeeola Pallas, Reise d. versch. Prov. d. Russ. Reichs, 

 II, p. 711 (1773 — River Irtish in Siberia). 



Emberiza aureola Pallas, Saunders, Bull. B.O.C., xvi, p. 10 ; id., Brit. B., 

 I, p. 13. 



Distribution. — Eiigland. — Two. Female, Clc}^ (Norfolk) Sept. 

 21, 1905 (Saunders, Bull. B.O.C., xvi, pp. 10-11). Female, 

 near Wells (Norfolk) Sept. 5, 1907 (F. G. Penrose, Brit. B., i, 

 p. 263). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — North Russia and Siberia ; on migration 

 in many tropical parts of Asia and casual in south and west Europe, 

 Austria, Bohemia, Italy, south France, Heligoland. 



