totally dissimilar, being of a plain brown (very handsome how- 

 ever) striated with darker brown, the plumage is lustrous and, 

 when the wings and tail are outstretched, a good bit of cinnamon 

 brown is revealed, that being the colouring of the inner webs of 

 most of the wing and tail feathers. This species and also luleola 

 and melanocephala were brought over by Cant. Perreau in the 

 spring of this year. 



The Black-headed Bunting {Euspiza melanocephala). 

 A very handsome species, the male being of a really fine and 

 striking appearance, with his velvet black head, rich chestnut- 

 brown back and bright yellow underparts. This pair have com- 

 pleted the moult and are now in winter plumage ; the male is not 

 nearly so rich in colour, the black of the head and chestnut of 

 the mantle being almost obscured by the greyish-brown fringes 

 of the feathers, neither is the yellow of the underparts of so rich 

 a hue as is the case during the breeding season. 



Description : Adult male. Upper surface a rich bay or 

 orange-chestnut, rump paler and washed with yellow ; upper tail 

 coverts ashy brown, with yellowish margins; median, greater, 

 and primary coverts, bastard wing and quills blackish-brown,, 

 broadly margined with lighter brown ; tail feathers blackish- 

 brown, edged whitish externally and white on inner webs ; top 

 of head, lores, sides of face and ear-coverts velvet-black ; cheeks, 

 sides of neck and band across hind neck golden-yellow ; re- 

 mainder of under surface rich golden-yellow; beak pearly-grey, 

 washed with dusky on upper mandible ; legs and feet brownish 

 flesh-colour. Total length 7 inches, tail 2f-. 



Adult, female. Much duller than the male and lacks the black 

 head, chestnut back and yellow under surface {see plate, fig. 2). 

 The general plumage is light brown, washed with olive-brown on 

 the upper surface, and yellow on the rump and under surface. 

 She is also smaller than the male. Total length 6 inches, tail 2%. 



Habitat : Southern Europe from Asia Minor and Greece ;. 



Westward to Southern Germany and France, aud Eastward to 



N.W. and Central India. 



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Red-headed Bunting {Euspiza luleola). This species 

 has been called bv Lathom both the Luteous Bunting: and Yellow 



