EMBERIZIN &. 269 
Emberiza stewarti, Blyth. 
718.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 874; Murray’s Verte- 
brate Zoology of Sind, p. 185. 
THE WHITE-CAPPED BUNTING. 
Length, 6; wing, 3:12; tail, 2°75; tarsus, 0°7. 
Bill fleshy-brown ; irides brown ; legs fleshy-brown. 
Male, crown greyish-white ; lores, a broad line passing over 
the eye to the nape, and the throat, black; cheeks and ear- 
coverts white; back, scapularies, rump, and upper tail-coverts, 
deep reddish-chesnut ; wing-coverts dark-brown, edged with 
buffy-brown ; wings brown, narrowly edged with greyish-white ; 
the central tail-feathers blackish-brown ; the two outer on each 
side blackish-brown at the base, and white for the remainder of 
their length, with the exception of their outer web, which is 
brown; the whole under surface creamy-white, crossed on the 
chest by a broad band of lively chesnut-red. 
The female has the whole upper surface, wings, and tail, pale 
olive-brown, with a streak of dark-brown down the centre of 
each feather; a slight tinge of rufous on the upper tail-coverts ; 
under surface pale buffy-brown, streaked with dark-brown. 
The White-capped Bunting is a seasonal visitant to Sind 
only. 
Emberiza fucata, Pall. 
719.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 375. 
THE GREY-HEADED BUNTING. 
Length, 6°75; expanse, 103; wing, 3°5; tail, 2°5; tarsus, 
0°75; bill at front, 0-4. 
Bill reddish, dusky on culmen; irides dark-brown; feet, 
fleshy-orange. 
Above, head and neck darkish-grey, with some darker mesial 
streaks ; scapulars, back and rump deep rufous or rufescent- 
brown, also streaked with black, except on the rump and upper 
tail-coverts; ear-coverts deep-rufous; a whitish supercilium ; 
wings and tail dark-brown, broadly edged with reddish-fawn 
color; and the outer feathers of the tail partly white on their 
inner webs; throat, fore-neck, and breast, greyish-white; a 
narrow black streak from each corner of the gape, widening as 
it descends, and forming a gorget with the opposite one; below 
this white; then an interrupted pectoral band of rufous ; and 
the belly whitish, tinged with rufous on the flanks and sides 
of vent. 
The Grey-headed Bunting is not uncommon during the 
winter months, on the stony hills in the vicinity of Neemuch. 
It is also recorded by Jerdon from Mhow, Central India. 
Emberiza striolata, Licht. 
729bis.—Batler, Gazerat; Stray Feathers, Vo', III, p. 497; 
Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p, 186. 
