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ciliary stripes, patch below the eyes and lower throat lemou-yellow ; broad 

 pectoral baud joining the nape yellowish-green ; sides of the lower breast 

 bright cinnamon ; rest of underpavts lemon-yellow, striped on the flanks 

 with brown. 



Iris dark brown ; bill slate, paler below ; feet pale flesh-colour. 



Total length 6-'25 inches, wing 3'20, culmen -40, tarsus '70. 



Adult female, spring, from Ghavdimaou, North Tunisia. 



Above grey-brown, washed with cinnamon on the back and wings, and 

 streaked with dark brown ; below pale yellow, with dark brown striations, 

 and slightly washed on the sides with cinnamon. 



Soft parts as in the male, measurements slightly less. 



Observations. — In the present species the bases of feathers on the crown 

 are dull green, differing in this respect from those of E. citrincUa, which are 

 bright yellow. 



The Girl Bunting occurs locally iu North Tunisia, although no- 

 where very abundant, and the only specimens I have in my collection 

 are from the neighbourhood of Ghardimaou in the Medjerdah Valley 

 district. These were collected by Mr. Aplin in the month of May, 

 when the males were in full song, and the birds no doubt breeding, 

 although no nests of the species were actually found. The hill-sides 

 of the Medjerdah Valley are thickly clothed with high shrubs of a 

 " maquis " description and seem well suited to the tastes of this 

 Bunting. 



The species, however, appears to be more numerous further west, 

 and is abundant in Algeria and Marocco. Dr. Koenig found it 

 common about Batna and throughout the wooded ranges of the Aures 

 Mountains generally. He also found the species as far south as 

 El-Kantara, which is situated immediately south of the Atlas. In 

 Marocco this Bunting appears to be abundant throughout the Atlas 

 range up to about 5,000 feet above sea-level, and I also obtained a 

 large series of specimens, including young birds, from the neighbour- 

 hood of Marocco City, and from Kas-el-Ain on the coast. In some 

 parts of Southern Italy this Bunting is common and resident all the 

 year round, but seems to shun the coast districts during the breeding 

 season, retiring to the higher and more wooded mountains for the 

 purpose of nesting. From Sicily, where the species is abundant, I 

 have both nests and eggs, but all obtained in the higher districts of 

 the interior of the island. The species no doubt prefers wooded 



