EMBERIZA. 29 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Bare Visitor. Has 

 occurred in Nottinghamshire, summer, 1884 ; Fife, Nov. 

 1886 ; Sussex, Nov. 1888, Nov. 1894, April 1905, May 1909, 

 and April 1912 ; Fair Isle, Shetlands, Sept. 1907 and Aug. 

 1910 ; and Yorkshire, Dec. 1910. 



General Distribution. — The Black-headed Bunting breeds 

 in south-eastern Europe, as far west as Italy; also from Asia 

 Minor and Palestine to Persia and Baluchistan. It migrates 

 in winter to north-west India, and has occurred occasionally 

 in Heligoland, southern Germany, Austria, and southern 

 France. 



Emberiza cia. Meadow-Bunting. 



Emberiza cia Linnmus, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, p. 310: 



S. Europe. 



Emberiza cia Linn. ; Sharpe, Gat. Birds B. M. xii. 1888, p. 537 ; 

 id. Bull. B. O. G. xiii. 1903, p. 38. 



Cia ia no doubt a name given from the bird's note of " zi-zi." 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Rare Visitor. Ha? 

 been recorded from Sussex, Oct. 1902 and April 1910 ; and 

 Kent, Feb. 1905. 



General Distribution. — This species breeds in southern 

 Europe from Spain to the Balkan Peninsula, as far north 

 as southern France and the valleys of the Neckar and 

 Ehine up to Bingen, at the foot of the Transylvanian Alps 

 and in Asia Minor. Migratory in the northern part of 

 its range, it is found in winter in northern Africa. Allied 

 forms have been described from various parts of Asia. 



Emberiza cioides. (Extra-limital.) 



Emberiza cioides castaneiceps. East 



SiBEKiAN Meadow-Bunting. 



Emberiza castaneiceps Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1855, 



p. 215 : China. 

 Emberiza castaneiceps Moore ; Sharpe, Gat. Birds B. 3L xii. 1888, 

 p. 544. 



