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97. Two-BAREED Crossbill. Loxict hifiisciata {C. Jj.'Brehm). Eare N.E.Europe to 

 straggler in winter. Arboreal. ^- Liberia. 



Adult male. General colour above pale scarlet, uuderparts rosy. 

 Middle wing-coverts white, with dusky bases ; greater coverts blackish, 

 tipped with white, forming a second wing-bar. 



Ft)iiale. Olive-yellow where red iu male. Length 6 inches. 



The American race, L. hucopiei'a, said to have occurred in this country, 

 resembles the European form, except that the scapulars are darker. 



98. Black-iieaded Bunting. Emberiza melanoccphala, Scopoli. S.E. Europe, 

 Three occurrences (females and young birds): Sussex, 1868; Notts, Asia Minor, 

 1884 ; and Scotland, 1887. ^ i'inteiTng''iu 



Male. Head and ear-coverts black ; back and rump chestnut ; chin India. 

 and underparts bright yellow. 



Female and i/ohiuj. Head brown, streaked with black ; back and rump 

 pale chestnut, washed with yellow ; under tail-coverts yellow. Length 

 6-7 inches. 



99. Corn-Bunting. Emberiza miliaria, Linnaeus. Resident. 



Se,ves alike. General colour greyish brown, streaked with dark 

 brown ; light eyebrow ; tail brown, with edges and tips of buffy white, 

 no other coloui'S in plumage. Length 7 inches. 



100. Yellow Hammer. Emberiza citrhiella, Linnaeus. Resident. 



Male in summer. Head lemon-yellow; back rufous, streaked with dark 

 brown ; rump chestnut • under surface yellow.' 



Li winter. Head marked with brown, and generally less bright. 



Female. Head less yellow, crown streaked with black ; throat and 

 breast striped with blackish. Length 6^-7 inches. 



101. CiKL Bunting. Emberiza cirlus, Linnaeus. Resident in south 

 of England ; has occurred three times in Scotland ; not authenticated 

 in Ireland. 



Least wing-coverts olive-green ; rump olive-broiun. 



Male. Chin, throat, and line from bill through eye to nape black ; 

 eyebrow yellow ; yellow crescent under the black throat ; upper chest 

 dull olive, bordered below by chestnut ; belly dull yellow'. 



Female. Much like female of Yellow Hammer, but wanting the yellow 

 colouring. 



In winter, coloiu's of male less bright, the black parts obscured by light 

 margins. Length 6 inches. 



102. Brandt s Siberian Bunting. Emberiza cioides, Brandt. Once 

 reported from Yorkshire (' Ibis,' 1889, p. 293). 



Adult male. General colour above chestnut, each feather streaked with 

 black ; band of chestnut across breast ; crown and ear-coverts chestnut ; 

 lores black. Length 6 inches. 



Female. Paler. 



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