372 BIRDS OP INDIA. 



throughout most of Western and Northern Asia. It is said to 

 nestle in low bushes, and the eggs are whitish, with delicate black 

 lines. 



714. Emberiza Stracheyi, Moore. 



P. Z. S. 1855, pi. 112— Horsf., Cat. 730— Blyth, Cat. p. 337. 

 The White-necked Bunting. 



Descr. — Allied to E. cia ; differs in having the markings about the 

 head more broadly developed, and of a deeper black colour, and 

 forming three well defined black bars, as seen laterally -, in the 

 throat and sides of the neck being whiter, and ashy on the front of 

 the neck only ; the breast, and the rest of the under parts being 

 uniform bright rufous-brown, which colour is also prominent on 

 the back, and especially on the scapulars, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts. 



Length about 6 inches ; wing 3£ ; tail 3 ; tarsus f . 



This species has been killed in Kumaon. The chief differences 

 from cia, are the whiter chin and throat. 



Emberiza cioides, Temm., is recorded by Adams to be 

 common in the lower ranges of the N. W. Himalayas. It is said 

 to differ from E. cia, by the shorter wing and more distinct 

 markings. Adams' Bird, is probably the same as the last bird ; but 

 Temminck's species was originally described from Japan, is said 

 to occur in China, and may also be found in the Himalayas. 



The next group is that of the European Ortolan, and some 

 nearly allined species of Northern India, and probably of Central 

 Asia, which differ by a peculiar mode of coloration, and, in their 

 structure, approach the African group named FringiUaria. They 

 are the Glycyspiza, of Kaup. There is considerable confusion 

 about the first two species, and I shall follow Horsfield's nomen- 

 clature here, as there are not sufficient materials at my disposal 

 for a thorough examination of these birds. 



715. Emberiza hortulana, Linnaeus. 



Gould, Birds of Europe, pi. 17G — Blyth, Cat. 715 — Horsf., 

 Cat. 734— E. Buchanani, Blyth, J. A. S. XIII. 957 (not XVI, 

 780) — Jamjohara, Hind. 



