146 BIRDS OF EGYPT. 



brown along the quills, remainder of the feathers dark brown, 

 bordered with pale brown ; underparts pale rufous, shaded 

 with yellow ; legs and beak flesh-colour ; irides brown. 



Entire length 6 inches ; culmen 0"4 ; wing, carpus to tip, 

 3-6 ; tarsus 075. 



Fig. Sharpe and Dresser, B. of Eur. part vii. 



113. Emberiza c^sia, Cretzsch. Cretzschmar' s Bunting. 



This is a spring visitant, arriving in Egypt about the end 

 of March, and does not appear to be abundant at any season. 

 I only shot it once, near Cairo, in the beginning of April. 

 The Rev. A. C. Smith {' Attractions of the Nile,' vol. ii. 

 p. 232) mentions seeing it at Alexandria. According to Von 

 Heuglin (Orn. N. O. Afr. p. 663) it is most plentiful in the 

 spring, during March and April, and in the autumn, when it 

 may often be found in company with E. hortulana. It breeds 

 occasionally in the Delta and near Cau'o. 



Head, nape, and crop slaty grey ; upper plumage chestnut, 

 with the centres of the feathers on the back dark brown ; 

 wings brown, the feathers edged with pale chestnut; tail 

 brown, the feathers edged with chestnut, the end-third of the 

 two outer feathers on each side white on the inner web ; in 

 front of the eye, throat, under the ear-coverts, and abdomen 

 chestnut ; beak, reddish brown above ; legs brown ; irides 

 brown. 



Entire length 6"2 inches ; culmen 0*4 ; wing, carpus to tip, 

 3-3 ; tarsus 0-7. 



Fig. Sharpe and Dresser, B. of Eur. part ii. 



