98 A HANDBOOK OF EUROPEAN BIRDS. 
Asia Minor, and North-western Africa ; breeds also in south of — 
England. 
Habitat: Cultivated and wSOdland districts. 
ORTOLAN BUNTING. ™~ 
Emberiza hortulana Zzn22. 
Adult Male (Summer): Cyvown and nape grey with 
greenish tinge ; back and scapulars pale chestnut, with broad, 
dark shaft-stripes ; rump yellowish-brown, unstreaked ; prima- 
ries dark brown, narrowly margined with pale brown ; tail- 
feathers dark brown, two outermost pairs white on terminal 
third of inner web, most of rectrices bordered with pale brown 
externally ; sides of neck and chest-band yellowish-green ; chin, 
throat, a ving round eye and lores pale yellow ; breast and abdo- 
men pale rufous, tinged with yellowish ; bill, legs and feet flesh- 
colour ; irides brown. Length 6'5 inches ; culmen 0°4; wing 
ao. sall 2% tarsus 0:75. 
Adult Female (Summer): Very similar, but head greyer 
and more marked with brown; pale ochreous patch behind 
nostril ; chin and throat paler and bordered by a line of brown 
spots on either side ; chest mottled with dusky brown, and gen- 
erally paler beneath. 
Immature birds: Similar to above description, but show- 
ing more yellow on sides of head and more distinctly marked 
with brown on chest. 
Distribution: A summer visitant to temperate Europe and 
Central Asia, wintering in Northern Africa and Central India. 
Of rare occurrence in Great Britain. 
Habitat : Edges of woods, near water ; damp thickets, &c. 
MEADOW-BUNTING. 
Emberiza cia Z7znn. 
Adult Male (Summer): Cvown, nape and neck bluish- 
grey ; sides of crown, a line through the eye, and another pass- 
ing from base of bill (bordering throat) to ear-coverts black ; 
superciliary stripe white ; back pale brown, washed with cinna- 
mon and marked on centre with dark brown ; vwmp dark cin- 
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