BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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THE Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana, Linnaeus) is a 

 rare irregular spring and autumn migrant to the British 

 Isles ; it is also a visitor in summer to temperate Europe 

 and Central Asia, and in winter moves into Northern Africa 

 and India. The adult male has the general colour of the 

 upper parts reddish-brown; feathers on mantle and back, 

 streaked with black; head, grey, with a tinge of greenish- 

 yellow; a ring round eye, lores, chin, and throat, yellow; 

 sides of neck and band across chest, yellowish-green ; 

 under parts, cinnamon ; irides, brown ; bill, red ; legs and 

 feet, reddish. Length, about six inches. The adult females 

 resemble the male, but are lighter in colour, and the chest 

 has mottlings of dusky brown. 



