Indian Birds 
84. Emberiza melanocephala: ‘The Black- 
headed Bunting. (F. 799), (J. 721), (+1) 
Cock: The feathers of the head are black 
with a grey border, so that the head looks grey 
when the bird first reaches India in the 
autumn, but gets blacker as the grey edges of 
the feathers become worn away. ‘The back 
and shoulders are rich chestnut, the wings and 
tail are brown, the cheeks and lower plumage 
are deep bright yellow. 
Hen: A brownish bird with dull yellow 
breast and abdomen and a bright yellow patch 
under the tail. ‘This species looks rather like a 
large long-tailed weaver-bird. 
Found in winter, and only in N.W. F. P., 
Punjab, C. P., and Bombay. It is the species 
of bunting most abundant in the neighbour- 
hood of Bombay, where, as Eha says, it “ about 
takes the place in India of the yellow-hammer 
at home, swarming about fields and hedges 
and singing with more cheer than music.” 
(Illus. B. B., p. 142.) 
85. Emberiza luteola: ‘The Red-headed 
Bunting. (F. 800), (J. 722), (+1.) 
A greenish-brown bird, with the head in the 
cock a colour between that of chestnut and old 
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