Capt. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 175 



horny ash-colour, the legs slightly tinged with fleshy pink. 

 Length nearly 6 inches in most specimens. 



713. Emberiza CIA (?)*, White-browed Bunting. 



This bird, which is abundant about Simla, is found to fre- 

 quent gardens in all parts of the station, feeding of a morning 

 on the ground, invariably in pairs, and flying up into young 

 fruit-trees when disturbed. Dimensions as follows : — 



Bill bluish lead-colour; legs dull yellow. The sexes, ac- 

 cording to Col. Tytler, are identical in plumage. A nest was 

 brought to me at Fagoo dak-bungalow, on August 4th, 1866, 

 containing two eggs, which have much of the colour of those of 

 Fringilla coelebs, with markings as in £. citrinella; that is, they 

 are of a pale pinkish blue-green, with blotches and streaks of 

 claret-colour. They measure "8125 by ^625. The nest is fairly 

 made, of grass lined with hair, and was, I believe, found in a 

 low thick bush. 



717. Emberiza spodiocephala. Black-faced Bunting. 

 One specimen, Darjeeling collection, 1862. 



718. Emberiza stewarti. White-capped Bunting. 



Dr. Stoliczka's collections [cf. Ibis, 1867, p. 140) from the 

 interior, contained several specimens ; one, a male, given to me, is 

 marked " Chergaon." 



724. Melophus melanicterus. Crested Black Bunting. 

 Darjeeling collection, 1862. Simla collection, 1866. 

 At Simla in 1866 it was tolerably abundant, and it was also 

 found by the late Dr. Scott feeding in numbers on the ground 

 at Umballah. 



Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill. Extent. 



cJ 7 3-375 2-875 -75 -5625 9-25 



2 0-75 3-125 2-75 -8125 -5 9-75 



* Cf. Ibis, 18G7, p. 141. [Specimens from Simla should be closely 

 compared with Em-opean examples, before the species to which they 

 belong can be accui'ately determined. — Ed.] 



