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deep rcddish-chesnut ; wing-coverts dark brown, edged with 

 buffv brown ; wings brown, narrowly edged with greyish white ; 

 the central tail feathers blackish brown ; the two outer on each side 

 blackish brown at the base, and white for the remainder of their 

 length, with the exception of the outer web, which is brown ; the 

 w-hole under surface creamy white, crossed on the chest by a broad 

 band of lively chesnut red. 



Bill and feet fleshy brown. Length 6 inches ; wing 3^ ; tail 2f ; 

 tarsus Y^'-jj. 



The female has the wliole upper surface, wings, and tail, pale 

 olive-brown, with a streak of dark brown down the centre of each 

 feather ; a slight tinge of rufous on the upper tail-coverts ; under 

 surface pale bifffy brown, streaked with dark brown. 



This Bunting is said by Adams to be common in Cashmere in 

 fields, near the mountains, with the habits of the yellow Bunting. 

 It was also found by Dr. Royle in the N. W. Himalayas, and in 

 the Salt range of the Punjab by Stewart. 



719. Emberiza fucata, Pallas. 



Pallas, Zoog. Ross. As. pi. 46 — Gould, Birds of Europe, pi. 

 178— Blytii, Cat. 717 — Horsf., Cat. 741 — E. lesbia, apud 

 Temminck — E. cia, apud Jerdon, Cat. 181 — Putthur-chirta, H. 



The Grey-headed Bunting. 



Descr. — Above, head and neck darkish grey, with some darker 

 mesial streaks ; scapulars, back, and rump, deep rufous or rufescent 

 brown, also streaked with black, except on the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts ; ear-coverts deep rufous ; a whitish supercilium ; wings 

 and tail dark brown, broadly edged with reddish fawn colour ; and 

 the outer feathers of the tail partly white on their inner webs ; 

 throat, foreneck, and breast, greyish white ; a narrow black streak 

 from each corner of the gape, widening as it descends, and forming 

 a gorget with the opposite one ; below this white ; then an interrupt- 

 ed pectoral band of rufous ; and the belly whitish, tinged with 

 rufous on the flanks, and sides of vent. 



Bill dusky reddish ; feet dirty yellow ; irides dark brown. 

 Length 6^ inches; wing 3| ; extent 10; tail 2^; tarsus -^-{i ; bill 

 at front barely j"^. 



