EMBERIZA. 5 



edged paler. The female is yellowish brown above, the feathers of the head 

 and back with mesial dark streaks ; the chin whitish, and the rest of the under 

 surface very pale yellow ; bill and legs yellowish brown ; irides light brown. 



Length. — 7-5 to 8 inches; wing 3-8 to 4 ; tail 3 ; bill at front 05 ; tarsus I'O. 

 ■ In winter plumage the feathers of the male is obscured by ashy margins to 

 the feathers of the head and the back, nearly obscuring the black and chest- 

 nut of these parts. 



Hab. — Sind, Punjab (at Mooltan and INIontgomery), Beloochistan, Persia, 

 Afghanistan, Kutch, Kattiawar, Jodhpore, N. Guzerat, Concan and Deccan. 

 Found outside of India, in Turkey, Asia Minor and S.-E. Europe. Arrives in 

 large flocks in the middle of August, and during their stay till October 

 commit great havoc in the barley and jowaree crops. 



This species is the most esteemed nearly throughout India, with the next. 

 Only try grilled Cor?i-buntings, and it will be found that there could be no 

 better substitute till the snipe and duck came in. 



5. Emberiza luteola, Sparrman, Mus. Carls, fasc. iv. Taf. 93 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii. p. 505 ; Murray, Avif. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 329, 

 No. 863. Euspiza luteola, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 127 ; Bp., Consp. 

 i. p. 469 ; Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 378 ; Hume, Str. F. iii. p. 498 ; id., Str. F. 

 1879, p. 107; Murray, Vert. ZooL, Sind, p. 188. — The Red-headed Bunting. 



Head, neck, chin, throat and breast rich chestnut ; sides of the breast 

 greenish yellow; back and scapulars greenish yellow, the feathers mesially 

 streaked with dark brown ; the whole under surface including the under tail 

 coverts bright yellow; wing coverts dark brown, broadly edged and tipped 

 w'ith fulvous ; primaries, secondaries and tertiaries brown with fulvous edgings, 

 broader on the tertiaries ; tail brown, the outermost feather on each side much 

 paler, and the rest edged with greenish ; edge of the wing yellow. The 

 female wants the chestnut of the head, chin, throat and breast; the upper 

 surface is olive brown, and the under surface very pale fulvous ; bill and legs 

 yellowish brown. 



Length. — 675 to 7 ; wing 3*5 ; tail 3; bill at front 0*5. 



The female in summer plumage is light ashy brown above, streaked with 

 blackish shaft lines, the head like the back and the hind neck more uniform ; 

 wings and tail as in the male. The adult male in winter is not unlike the 

 male in summer, but like the preceding has ashy brown edges to the feathers, 

 which obscure the summer plumage, even the yellow rump. 



ZiTrtf^.— Sind, Beloochistan, Persia, Afghanistan, E. Turkistan, Punjab, N.-W. 

 Provinces, Oudh, Kutch, Kattiawar, Jodhpore, Jeypore, N. Guzerat, Concan, 

 Deccan and Southern India, also Khandeish and Central India. 



This species is generally associated with E. melanocephala with which it is 

 netted and snared in abundance. Among the natives, both species are known 

 as Tillur, a name also applied to Starlings. 



