4 FRINGILLID^. 



outer feathers white on the outer web and a diagonal patch of the same on the 

 inner ; the next pair dark brown with a patch of white on the inner web near 

 the tip ; lesser and median wing coverts chestnut, the latter with black shaft 

 stripes, the greater series and inner secondaries dark or dusky brown margined 

 broadly on both webs with reddish brown ; primaries and secondaries brown, 

 also margined on the outer webs with reddish brown ; lores and feathers round 

 the eye greyish brown ; ear coverts chestnut ; cheeks and a line below the ears 

 white, below which latter again is a thin black line which widens on the neck 

 and forms an interrupted pectoral gorget, below which again is another of 

 chestnut ; chin and throat white ; under surface of the body isabelline or 

 fawn colour, the flanks streaked with black. 



In winter the male has an olive brown head, much mixed with grey ; the 

 black gorget line is not so evident and the chestnut streak below is wanting. 

 Bill dark fleshy brown ; iris brown. 



Length. — 5'i5 to 6-5 inches ; tail 27 ; wing 2-8 ; tarsus O'S ; culmen 0-5. 



Z!^a3.— Eastern Siberia and Japan. Resident in the N.-W. Himalayas, 

 migrating to the Burmese countries and the plains of India during winter. 

 According to Gates it is a common winter visitor to Pegu, and is said to be 

 found nearly throughout British Burmah and parts of Tenasserim. Breeds 

 under tufts of grass, or under a large stone, making a shallow cup lined with 

 grasses and hairs. Eggs, 4 in number, greenish grey, marked with reddish brown. 



4. Emberiza melanocephala, Scop., Ann. 1. p. 142 ; Tc7n. 



Man. d' Orn. i. p. 393 ; Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 93 ; Gould, B. Eur. iii. pi. 

 172 ; Jerd., Madr. Journ. xi. p. 29 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii. p. 957 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Br. Mm. xii. p. 503; Murray, Avif. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 329, No. 862. 

 Euspiza melanocephala, Bp., Comp. List B. Eur. and N. Amer. p. 32 ; 

 Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 128; Bp., Consp. i. p. 488 ; Jerd., B. Ind. 

 ii. P- 37S ; Gould, B. Asia, v, pi. 13 ; James, Str. F. 187 1, p. 421 ; Brooks, 

 Ibis, 1873, p. 246; Butler, Str. F. 1875, p. 397; Blanf., E. Pcrs. ii. 

 p. 260; Fairhk., Str. F. 1876, p. 261 ; James, Str. F. 1877, p. 61 ; Hume, 

 Str. F. 1879, p. 107; Murray, Vert. Zool., Sind, p. 188; id, Zoo/, of 

 Beloochistan atid A/gh. p. 23 ; Swinhoe and Barnes, Ibis, 1885, p. 129. Euspiza 

 simillima, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xviii. p. 811 ; Hume, A^ests and Eggs Ind. B. 

 p. 466. — The Bl.^ck-headed Corn Bunting. 



Male. — Whole head, feathers under the eye and ear coverts black ; in 

 winter edged with yellowish or greyish brown ; chin, throat, sides of the 

 neck, and entire under surface bright yellow ; sides of the breast chestnut ; 

 back and scapulars rich chestnut ; rump and upper tail coverts yellowish, with 

 a faint tinge of chestnut on some of the feathers ; wing coverts dark brown, 

 the feathers edged and tipped with fulvous ; primaries, secondaries and terti- 

 aries brown, the primaries and secondaries narrowly, and the tertiaries broadly 

 margined with fulvous ; edge of the wing bright yellow j tail brown, the feathers 



