524* EMJBERIZID.ZE. 



in length, and the longest in the wing ; the first and fourth 

 are also equal in length, but a little shorter than the second 

 and third ; the fifth full one-eighth of an inch shorter than 

 the fourth. 



The female is without the black colour or the bright 

 lemon-yellow on the head and throat ; the upper surface of 

 the head and body is streaked longitudinally with black on 

 the dull olive colour of the one, and the reddish brown of 

 the other ; the under surface of the body is similarly 

 streaked with black on a dull and dingy yellow. 



Young birds very closely resemble adult females. 



English Naturalists are greatly indebted to Colonel Mon- 

 tagu for the careful and patient investigation he bestowed 

 upon various subjects, which enabled him to produce several 

 valuable communications, and make many interesting ad- 

 ditions to British Zoology. He contributed nine papers to 

 the Linnean Society, between the 1st of March, 1796, and 

 the 6th of June, 1815, which are published in the Trans- 

 actions of that Society ; and six papers were furnished to 

 the Wernerian Natural History Society between the 1 1 th 

 of March, 1809, and the 20th of March, 1815; these were 

 also published in the Memoirs of that Society. In 1802, 

 Colonel Montagu published his Ornithological Dictionary, 

 the best history of British Birds at that time. The Supple- 

 ment to this Dictionary, published in 1813, was a valuable 

 addition, from the increased accumulation of observed facts. 

 In 1803, Colonel Montagu published his TESTACEA BRI- 

 TANNICA, in two volumes, quarto, with plates, and after- 

 wards a Supplement. His notes on Ichthyology, which by 

 the kindness of my friend Mr. Broderip, I was allowed to 

 avail myself of in the History of British Fishes, included 

 references to seventy-four species. 



Colonel Montagu supplied several new Crustacea to his 

 friend Dr. Leach, while the latter was engaged on the 



