Indian Birds 



84. Emheriza melanocephala : The Black- 

 headed Bunting. (F. 799), (J. 721), (+1.) 



Cock : The feathers of the head are black 

 with a grey border, so that the head looks grey 

 when the bird first reaches India in the 

 autumn, but gets blacker as the grey edges of 

 the feathers become worn away. The back 

 and shoulders are rich chestnut, the wings and 

 tail are brown, the cheeks and lower plumage 

 are deep bright yellow. 



Hen : A brownish bird with dull yellow 

 breast and abdomen and a bright yellow patch 

 under the tail. This species looks rather like a 

 large long-tailed weaver-bird. 



Found in winter, and only in N.W. F. P., 

 Punjab, C. P., and Bombay. It is the species 

 of bunting most abundant in the neighbour- 

 hood of Bombay, where, as Eha says, it " about 

 takes the place in India of the yellow-hammer 

 at home, swarming about fields and hedges 

 and singing v/ith more cheer than music." 

 (Illus. B. B., p. 142.) 



85. Emheriza luteola : The Red-headed 

 Bunting. (F. 800), (J. 722), ( + 1.) 



A greenish-brown bird, with the head in the 

 cock a colour between that of chestnut and old 

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