220 BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE BLACK-HEADED BUNTING. 



REED BUNTING. 



( Ember iza Schccm'clus, Linn. Bruatit dc roseaux y 

 Temm.) 



THIS is less than the Yellow Bunting. The eyes 

 are hazel ; the head, throat, fore part of the neck, 

 and breast, are black, excepting a white line from 

 each corner of the bill, passing downward a little, 

 and forming a border which reaches the back part 

 of the neck; the upper parts of the body and the 

 wings are reddish brown, with a streak of black 

 down the middle of each feather; the under part of 

 the body is white, with brownish streaks on the 

 sides; the rump and upper tail coverts bluish ash, 

 mixed with brown ; the quills are dusky, edged 

 with brown; the two middle feathers of the tail are 

 black, with pale brown edges; the rest wholly 

 black, except the two outer ones, which are almost 

 white, the ends tipped with brown, and the bases 

 black; the legs reddish, toes dusky brown. The 

 female has no collar: her throat is not so black,, 



