190 EMBERIZIN^E. EMBERIZA. 



the throat pale yellow, the breast marked with dark-brown 

 spots, the rest of the lower parts whitish -red. 



Male, 64, 10, 3 T V, T 5 *> i 9 *> T*> iV 



A few individuals of this species have occurred in England. 

 The first recorded was caught near London ; one was taken at 

 sea, off the coast of Yorkshire, in May 1822 ; a male was 

 killed near Manchester in November 1827, and in the same 

 year another male was caught near London. This species, 

 which is common in the southern countries of Europe, mi- 

 grates northward as far as the Baltic, although with us it oc- 

 curs merely as a straggler. 



Emberiza Hortulana, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 309. Emberiza 

 Hortulana, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. i. 311. Emberiza Hortu- 

 lana, Ortolan Bunting, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, i. 457. 



117. EMBERIZA SCHOZNICLUS. REED BUNTING. 



Male with the head and throat black ; a line from the lower 

 mandible down the neck, a broad band over the back of the 

 neck, and the lower parts white ; the back bright chestnut, 

 each feather brownish-black in the middle. Female with the 

 upper parts as in the male, but paler ; a band of yellowish- 

 grey across the neck ; the head of the same colour as the back ; 

 the lower parts greyish-white. Young similar to the adult 

 female, but with duller tints, and the cheeks brownish-grey. 



Male, 6J, 9f, 3&, T \, A, T ,, T V Female, 5^, 9. 



This species frequents marshy places, where it is seen perch- 

 ing on willows, reeds, sedges, and other aquatic plants. Its 

 flight is rapid and undulatory, and it alights abruptly, expand- 

 ing its tail, when the white of that part becomes conspicuous. 

 Its food consists of seeds, insects, and small mollusca. Its 

 song resembles that of the Yellow Bunting, but is less harsh. 

 The nest, which is placed among aquatic plants, is composed 

 of stalks and blades of grasses, bits of rushes and the like, with 

 a neat lining of finer grass and hair. The eggs, four or five, 

 are nine and a half twelfths long, seven and a half twelfths 

 broad, yellowish-grey, with tortuous or angular lines and ir- 

 regular spots of black. 



Black-headed Bunting. Reed Sparrow. Water Sparrow. 

 Ring Bunting. Ring-bird. Ring-fowl. Chink. 



Emberiza Schoeniclus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 311. Emberiza 

 Schneniculus, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. i. 307. Emberiza Schoe- 

 niculus, Keed Bunting, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, i. 453. 



