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Emberiza stewarti, Blyth. 



718. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 374 ; Murray's Verte- 

 brate Zoology of Sind, p. 185. 



THE WHITE-CAPPED BUNTING. 



Length, 6 ; wing, 312 ; tail, 275 ; tarsus, 07. 



Bill fleshy-brown ; irides brown ; legs fleshy-brown. 



Male, crown greyish- white ; lores, a broad line passing over 

 the eye to the nape, and the throat, black ; cheeks and ear- 

 cov v erts white ; back, scapularies, rump, and upper tail-coverts, 

 deep reddish-chesnut ; wing- coverts dark-brown, edged with 

 buffy-brown ; wings brown, narrowly edged with greyish-white ; 

 the central tail-feathers blackish-brown ; the two outer on each 

 side blackish-brown at the base, and white for the remainder of 

 their length, with the exception of their outer web, which is 

 brown ; the whole under surface creamy-white, crossed on the 

 chest by a broad band of lively chesnut-red. 



The female has the whole upper surface, wings, and tail, pale 

 olive-brown, with a streak of dark-brown down the centre of 

 each feather ; a slight tinge of rufous on the upper tail-coverts ; 

 under surface pale buffy-brown, streaked with dark-brown. 



The White-capped Bunting is a seasonal visitant to Sind 

 only. 



Emberiza fucata, Pall. 



719. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 375. 

 THE GREY-HEADED BUNTING. 



Length, 675 ; expanse, 10'3 ; wing, 3*5 ; tail, 2'5 ; tarsus, 

 075 ; bill at front, 0'4. 



Bill reddish, dusky on culmen ; irides dark-brown ; feet, 

 fleshy-orange. 



Above, head and neck darkish-grey, with some darker mesial 

 streaks ; scapulars, back and rump deep rufous or rufescent- 

 brown, also streaked with black, except on the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts ; ear-coverts deep-rufous ; a whitish supercilium ; 

 wings and tail dark-brown, broadly edged with reddish-fawn 

 color ; and the outer feathers of the tail partly white on their 

 inner webs ; throat, fore -neck, and breast, greyish- white ; a 

 narrow black streak from each corner of the gape, widening as 

 it descends, and forming a gorget with the opposite one ; below 

 this white ; then an inte rrupted pectoral band of rufous ; and 

 the belly whitish, tinged with rufous on the flanks and sides 

 of vent. 



The Grey-headed Bunting is not uncommon during the 

 winter months, on the stony hills in the vicinity of Neemuch. 

 It is also recorded by Jerdon from Mhow, Central India. 



Emberiza striolata, Licht. 



Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vo 1 , III, p. 497; 

 Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 186. 



