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kind its habits and habitat are somewhat different! Common 
as it is at certain seasons, I have never found its nest, and, 
though many breed here, I am disposed to think that the 
majority either go to the hills or submontane tracts, returning 
again when the breeding season is over. 
716.—Emberiza buchanani, Bly. 
The Grey-necked Bunting is common in large flocks during 
the cold weather on bare and scrub-covered plains and open dhak 
jungle. Though it resembles the Ortolan of Europe, and was 
for a long time considered identical, it rarely, if ever, finds its 
way to the table, in Lucknow at any rate, where thousands of 
social and other Larks, if not Sparrows, are annually passed off 
as genuine Ortolan! 
722.—Euspiza luteola, Sparrm. Native name— 
Gaudam. 
The Red-headed Corn Bunting is alsoa common, but only a 
winter visitor. It avoids well-wooded tracts, but is abundant 
in dhak jungle wherever it borders on cultivation. It also 
frequents thatching grass when in seed, and I have often seen it 
in pipal trees—solitary ones in open country. 
724.—Melophus melanicterus, Gm. (M. cristatus, 
Vig. ?) Native name— Kulchira. 
The Crested Black Bunting is usually seen solitary or in pairs, 
flitting about grass and dhak jungles, but only during the cold 
weather. It is, however, fairly common about Lucknow when 
the sarpatta grass, which it frequents, is seeding in November 
and December ; and again about March or April, then probably 
on its way to the hills, or thinking about going. 
738.—Carpodacus erythrinus, Pall. Native name— 
Tuti. 
The Common Rose Finch is perhaps only a cold weather visi- 
tor. At the same time I am inclined to think some may be 
permanent residents, as I have seen it in the market for sale at 
all seasons, and have myself shot it early in September. At 
any rate, it is fairly common in the cold weather in the groves 
and gardens about Lucknow, and in the district in dhak jungles 
and bamboo brakes. It has a feeble, prolonged, but somewhat 
twittering song, and is commonly caged. 
756.—Mirafra erythroptera, Jerd. Native name— 
Aggia. 
The Red-winged Bush Lark is a common and permanent 
resident, found in low scrub and dhak jungles and dry grass 
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