128 I^ASS AVES. 



In the South of Europe is also sometimes 

 found 



The Black-headed Bunting, (Emb. nwlanocephala.) 

 Scop. Naum. 101. 2. Fring. crocea. Vieil. 

 Ois. tab. 27. 



Fawn-colour above, yellow underneath, with a black 

 head. 



TJie Pine Bunting. (Emh. pithy ornis. Pall.) 

 Naum. 104.— 3. 



The throat, and a mark on the side of the head, of a 

 moronne-red. 



M. Meyer distinguishes, under the name of Plec- 

 TUOPHANES, the buntings which have the thumb-claw 

 elongated like the larks. Such is 



The Snow Bunting, (Emh nivalis, L.) Enl. 511. 

 Naum. 106 and IO7. 



Which is recognized by a wide longitudinal white 

 band on the wing. It is a northern bird, and becomes 

 almost all white in winter. 



Emberiza montana, and Emb, mustelina, are only 

 different states of the snow-bunting. 



We must add to this genus, 



