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PRINGILLIDiE. 



Winter. As in other Buntings, the briciht mar]dnc;s are obscured by 

 pale margins to the feathers. Females and young males have the crown 

 streaked with black. 



Europe, 



Asia Minor, and 

 W. Siberia, 

 wintering in 

 Africa and 

 India. 



103. Ortolan. Emheriza Jiortulana, Linnseus. Straggler on migra- 

 tion. 



Male. General colour above pale reddish brown ; head greenish olive ; 

 cheeks, throat, and axillaries pale yellow ; neck and chest greenish olive ; 

 rest below cinnamon ; bill reddish brown. 



Female. Paler than male ; lower throat streaked with bro\^•n. Length 

 6 inches. 



N. Europe 

 and Asia, 

 wintering in 

 S. China and 

 Japan. 



N. Eussia 

 and Siberia, 

 wintering in 

 China, India, 

 and Burma. 



104. IlusTio Bunting. Emheriza i-iistica,~Pii\\sis. Three occurrences : 

 Sussex, Yorkshire, Middlesex. 



Male in spring. Crown and sides of head black ; streaks on flanks and 

 breast chestnut ; broad white stripe over eye ; above chestnut streaked 

 with black ; rump and band across chest chestnut ; belly white. 



Female. Head and upper parts brown, streaked with blackish ; rump 

 tinged with rufous. Length 5-5 ^ inches. 



105. Little Bunting. Emheriza pusilla, Pallas. One record : 

 Brighton, 1864. 



Male in sjjrinr/. Centre of crown vinous chestiiut, with bhick band on 

 each side ; eye-stripe, lores, sides of face, and throat vinous chestnut. 



Female. Like male, but not so richly coloured on throat. 



Young. Throat white, no chestnut on breast or flanks. Length 

 4| inches. 



106. Eeed-Bunting. Emheriza scJicenichis, Linnaeus. Resident. 



Male in spring. Bead and throat hlack ; cheeks white; eye-stripe 

 white ; white collar from bill round nape ; rump bluish grey ; lesser 

 wing-coverts chestnut. 



1)1 autumn the black is hidden by rufous edgings, and tlie white by 

 sandy brown edgings. 



Female. Head and ear-coverts reddish brown streaked with black ; 

 breast and flanks white, streaked with blackish. Outside web of second 

 tail-feather v\'hite. Length 6 inches. 



107. Snow-Bunting. Plectrophenax nivalis (Linnaeus). Chiefly 

 autumn to spring, but a few pairs breed on mountains in N. of Scotland. 



Tail : six centre feathers black, fringed externally and round tip with 

 white ; three outer pairs white, with black at end of outer web ; claw of 

 hind toe elongated, but nM longer than hind toe. 



Male in summer. Head, neck, and under surface white ; abo\ e black ; 

 wing-coverts white ; bill black. 



Female. Dark bro\\'n and white ; secondaries white. 



Male and female in winter. Crown reddish brown ; featliers on upper 

 parts broadly edged with reddish brown ; bill yellowish w ith dark tip. 

 Length 6|-7 inches. 



