72 BRITISH BIRDS. 



CORN-BUNTING. Emberiza miliaria, L. 



Down. Colour. — Dirty greyish-buff. 



Character. — Moderate length, tracts well marked. 

 Distribution. — Inner supra-orbital, occipital, humeral, spinal, 

 ulnar, femoral, filaments on the greater wing-coverts. 

 Crural and ventral tracts apparently absent. 



Coloration of Mouth. Inside, flesh-coloured ; no tongue- 

 spots ; externally, gape pale yellow. 



YELLOW BUNTING. Emberiza citrinella, L.* 



Down. Colour. — Grey. 



Character. — Long and plentiful, except on the ventral and 

 crural tracts. 



Distribution. — Inner supra-orbital, occipital, humeral, spinal, 

 ulnar, femoral, ventral and crural. 



Coloration of Mouth. Inside, pale yellow ; no tongue- 

 spots ; externally, flanges pale yellow. 



BRITISH JAY. Garrulus glandarius rufitergum, Hartert. 



Down. Absent. 



Coloration of Mouth. Inside, pink ; no tongue-spots ; 

 externally, flanges pinkish. 



MAGPIE. Pica pica (L.). 

 Down. Absent. 



WRYNECK. lynx torquilla, L. 



Down. Absent. 



Coloration of Mouth. Inside, pink ; tongue long, " tele- 

 scopic," serrated subterminally and dark at tip ; externally, 

 flanges pale. 



KINGFISHER. Alcedo ispida, L. 



Down. Absent. f 



Coloration of Mouth. Inside, pinkish ; no tongue-spots ; 



externally, the flanges are practically non-existent in this 



species. 



I am indebted to Messrs. H. S. Gladstone, J. Walpole-Bond 

 and H. F. Witherby for some of the specimens. 



* Of. Vol. III., pp. 154, 417 ; Vol. IV., p. 23. 

 t Cf. Vol. XL, p. 194. 



