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THE BLACK-HEADED BUNTING. 
(EmBerizA MELANOCEPHALA.) 
Admitted to the B.O.U. List. 
Admutted by Newton. 
Admitted by Seebohm. 
This Bunting also is admitted upon one occurence. 
It was recorded by Mr. Gould in the Ibis 1869. “I 
have now to inform you of the occurence of Emberiza 
(Euspiza) melanocephala, of which a very fine old female 
specimen, in perfect plumage, is now before me. It was 
brought to me by Mr. Robert Brasener, of 23, Lewes 
Road, Brighton, by whom it was shot, about the 3rd of 
November last, near Mr. Ballard’s windmill, on Brighton 
race-course, while, as he stated, it was following a flock 
of Yellow Hammers.” 
The three Buntings, Rustica, Pusilla, Melanocephala, 
recorded by Newton, were all captured near Brighton 
only. 
THE PURPLE. MARTIN: 
( PROGNE SUBIS.) 
Rejected from the B.O.U, List. 
Admitted by Newton. 
Admitted by Seebohm, 
to place and figure. It may be presumed that in the 
case of the Hirundinidz the admission of an occurrence 
is a question of azthenticity alone. As they are incap- 
able of being preserved in confinement the genuineness 
would be above suspicion. The authenticity rests upon 
Yarrell’s account that Mr. F. M‘Coy wrote to him: 
“ That a female example of this species had been shot 
near Kingston, in the County of Dublin, which had been 
