EMBERIZA. 329 



According to Gates it is a common winter visitor to Pegu, and is said to be 

 found nearly throughout British Burmah and parts of Tenasserim. Breeds 

 under tufts of grass, or under a large stone, making a shallow cup, lined with 

 grasses and hairs. Eggs, 4 in number, greenish grey, marked with reddish 

 brown. 



862. Emberiza melanocephala, Scop., Ann. i. p. 142; 



Man. a" Orn. i. p. 393; Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 93; Gould, B. Eur. iii. pi. 

 172 ; Jerd. Madr. Journ. xi. p. 29; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii. p. 957; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii. p. 503. Euspiza melanocephala, Bp. Comp. List B. 

 Eur. and N. Amer. p. 32 ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 128 ; Bp. Consp.. 

 i. p. 488 ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 378-; Gould, B. Asia, v. pi. 13 ; James, Str. F. 

 1871, p.. 421; Brooks, Ibis, 1873, p. 246; Butler, Str. F. 1875, p. 397; 

 Blanf. E. Pers.. ii. p. 260; Fairb'k. Str. F. 1876, p. 261 ; James, Str. F. 

 1877, p. 6 1 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, P- 107 ; Murray, Vert. Zool. Sind, p. 188 j 

 id. Zool. of Beloochistan and Afgh. p. 23,; Swinhoe and Barnes, Ibis, 1885, 

 p. 129. Euspiza simillima,. BlytJi, J. A. S. B. xviii. p. 811 ; Hume, Nests 

 and Eggs, Ind. B. p. 466. The BLACK- HEADED CORN BUNTING. 



Male. Whole head, feathers under the eye and ear coverts black; in winter 

 edged with yellowish or greyish brown ; chin, throat, sides of the neck, and 

 entire under surface bright yellow ; sides of the breast chestnut ; back and 

 scapulars rich chestnut ; rump and upper tail coverts yellowish with a faint 

 tinge of chestnut on some of the feathers; wing coverts dark brown, the 

 feathers edged and tipped with fulvous ; primaries, secondaries and tertiaries 

 brown, the primaries and secondaries narrowly, and the tertiaries broadly 

 margined with fulvous ; edge of the wing bright yellow ; tail brown, the feathers 

 edged paler. The/e?nale is yellowish brown above, the feathers of the head! 

 and back with mesial dark streaks ; the chin whitish, and the rest of the under 

 surface very pale yellow ; bill and legs yellowish brown ; irides light brown. 



Length. 7*5 to 8 inches ; wing 3-8 to 4;. tail 3; bill at front -5 ; tarsus ro. 



In winter plumage the feathers of the male is obscured by ashy margins to 

 the feathers of the head, and the back, nearly obscuring the black and chest- 

 nut of these parts. 



Hab. Sind, Punjab (at Mooltan and Montgomery), Beloochistan, Persia^ 

 Afghanistan, Kutch,. Kattiawar, Jodhpore, N. Guzerat, Conean.and Deccan. 

 Found outside of India, in Turkey, Asia Minor and.S. E. Europe. Arrives in 

 large flocks in the middle of August, and during their stay till October 

 commits great havoc in the barley and jowaree crops. 



863. Emberiza luteola, Sparrman; Mus. Carls, fasc. iv. Taf. 93 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii. p. $05. Euspiza luteola, Bly>th, Cat. B, Mus. 

 As. Soc. p. 127; Bp. Consp. i. p. 469; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 378; Hume, 

 Str. F. iii. p. 498; id. Str. F. 1879, p. 107; Murray, Vat. Zort; Sind, 

 p. 188. The RED H-EAPED BUNTING. 



