252 FKINGILLID^. 



two outer pairs mostly white, the bases and a longitudinal streak 

 along the shaft being brown or black ; sides of the head rufous 

 with concealed black bases ; a broad white moustachial band more 

 or less dimmed by rufous tips ; chin, throat, and fore neck black, 

 with broad white edges ; sides of the neck and remaining lower 

 plumage dull white, the sides of the body streaked with ochraceous 

 brown. 



Soon after the moult the margins and tips of the feathers begin 

 to wear away, and in full breeding-plumage the moustachial band 

 and the collar round the hind neck become pure white ; the fore- 

 head, crown, nape, sides of the head, chin, throat, and fore neck 

 become deep black ; the margins of the feathers of the upper plu- 

 mage decrease in size, causing the plumage to become much blacker. 



Female. Closely resembles the male after the moult, but has no 

 concealed black bases to the feathers of the head, chin, throat, and 

 fore neck, these parts being rufous or fulvous, more or less streaked 

 and mottled with black ; the moustachial band, which is pale 

 fulvous, is bordered below by another blackish band, and the 

 breast and sides of the body are boldly streaked with rufous. 



The young resemble the adult female closely. 



In winter the bill is dark brown, the lower mandible paler and 

 whitish ; legs and feet dark bronze-brown ; claws black ; iris 

 brown (Hume Coll.) ; in the summer the bill of the male becomes 

 nearly black. 



Length about 6; tail 2 - 7; wing 3*1; tarsus "75; bill from 

 gape - 4. 



Distribution. A winter visitor to the north-west of the Empire. 

 This species occurs in Gilgit from December to March, and a 

 specimen in the Hume collection was obtained at Eohtak in the 

 Punjab in December. 



This Bunting has a very wide range, being found over the whole 

 of Europe and Central and Northern Asia. 



790. Emberiza fucata. The Grey-headed Bunting. 



Emheriza fucata, Pall. Reis. Suss. Reichs, iii, p. 698 (1776) ; Jerd. 

 B. 1. ii, p. 375; Anders. Yunnan Expcd., Aves, p. 603; Hume, 

 Cat. no. 719; Oates, B. B. i, p. 351 ; STiarpe, Cat. B. M. xii, 

 p. 493 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 269 ; Hume, 8. F. xi, p. 270 ; 

 Oates in Hume's N. fy E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 166. 



Euspiza fucata (Pall,), Blyth, Cat. p. 129 • Horsf. $ M. Cat. ii, 

 p. 488. 



Citrinella fucata (Pall.), Hume, N. £ E. p. 465. 



Emberiza arcuata, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xii, p. 494 (1888). 

 Putthur-chirta, Hiud. 



Coloration. Male. After the moult the forehead, crown, nape, 

 and sides of the neck are ashy streaked with black; back and 

 scapulars reddish brown, with broad black streaks ; rump reddish 

 brown, with obsolete brown streaks ; upper tail-coverts fawn-brown, 

 streaked with brown ; lesser and median wing-coverts chestnut 

 with concealed dark bases ; greater coverts and tertiaries black, 



