38 INDEX-CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS 



Case 



Genus. EMBERIZA. 



66. Black-headed Bunting. Emberiza melano- 



cephala, Scop. 

 No. 1 (left). Male. 



Salona Dal, from A. H. Cochrane, Esq. 



,, 2 (right). Male. Constantinople, 1864. 



Received from Thos. Robson. 



67. Common Bunting. Emberiza miliaria, Linn. 

 No. 1 (left). First plumage. Blaydon, June 22nd, 1875. 



,, 2 (middle). Female. Sherburn Hill, Nov., 1874. 

 ,, 3 (right). Male. 



North Sunderland, March 13th, 1875. 

 Nos. 2 and 3 presented to J. Hancock by Fred. Raine. 



68. Yellow Bunting. Emberiza citrinella, Linn. 



No. 1 (left). Male. Newcastle, about 1830. 

 ,, 2 (middle). Female. Newcastle, 1872. 

 ,, 3 (right). Male. Variety with red on cheeks. 



Shot about 1848. 



69. Hybrid beween Yellow Bunting and Reed 



Bunting, 



Caught at Whitley, near Newcastle, Jan. 30th, 1886, 



and lived in a cage at the Museum until June 11th, 



1887. Stuffed at Oatlands, by J. Hancock, June, 



1887. 



Remark. — I am of opinion that this bird is a natural cross 



between the Yellow Bunting and the Reed Bunting. 



70. Cirl Bunting. Emberiza cirlus, Linn. 



No. 1 (lower left). Male. 



Shot at Stoke-sub-Hambden, Somerset, Jan., 1853. 

 Presented to J. Hancock by Mark Booth 

 ,, 2 (upper left). Male. 

 ,, 3 (right), Femaie. 



Nos. 2 and 3 presented by Mr. Heysham 



