BLACK-HEADED BUNTING 



PLATE LXXV. FIGURE I. 

 Emberiza melanocephala, .... LINNAEUS 



THIS bird, which has been once shot in England, is an 

 Asiatic species, wintering in Northern India. 

 The nest, which is generally built in bushes or brambles 

 or amongst trailing plants, is loosely constructed of dry 

 grass and the smaller stalks of plants, and lined with finer 

 materials, such as hair. 



The eggs, generally four or five in number, vary greatly, 

 and are pale greenish blue, speckled with light grey and 

 dull olive, with a few blots of greyish blue. 



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