156 Mr. C. Ingram — OriiU.hological 



I found this species very silent, and a '^ cliipping'' note, 

 common to many Buntings, "svas the only sound I heard it utter. 

 The males in summer-phimage, with beautiful black heads, 

 could often be seen sitting boldly on some conspicuous twig, 

 but as soon as they were disturbed they dropped down and 

 were lost to sight among tlie thick grass. The females were 

 at all times shy^ and spent much of their time on the ground. 

 The nest received is small in size. It is composed of dead 

 grass-blades and stalks and is lined first with fine rootlets 

 and then with horse-hair. For a Bunting the eggs are 

 unusually round in shape, measuring 065 x 0"55 in. They 

 are dirty white in ground-colour, profusely blotched and 

 spotted with yellowish-brown or umber-brown marks, among 

 which are intermingled a few dark hair-lines or streaks. The 

 eggs differ slightly ; one shews the ground-colour better 

 and has more scrawling on it than the others, being also of 

 a warmer shade of brown. 



41. Emberiza fucata Pall. Grey-headed Bunting. 



Emberiza fucuta Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. p. 134'. 



Jap. : Ho-aka. 



Notwithstanding the fact that this species was common in 

 many places round Fuji, I did not succeed in finding any nests 

 and I therefore conclude that it is a rather late breeder. It 

 inhabited tlie more open scrub-like parts of the country, 

 where its insignificant and chirpy song could frequently be 

 heard. 



On the whole, it was not very shy and would flutter uj) 

 close in front of one, only to settle again in the undergrowth 

 a few yards away. 



45. Embkriza sulphurata Temm. & Schl. Siebold's 

 Bunting. 



Emberiza sulphurata Seebohm, B. Jap. Emp. p. 135. 



Jap. : Nojiko. 



This and the following species are to be found abundantly 

 in the Subashiri district, and, with the exception of Turdus 

 chrysolaus, I took more of their nests than of any other bird. 

 Both of these Buntings keep very much to the woodlands, 



