EMBERIZA LUTEOLA. 



(RED-HEADED BUNTING.) 



Emberiza luteola, Sparrm. Mus. Carls, fasc. iv. tab. 93 (1789). 

 Luteous Bunting, Lath. Gen. Synop., Suppl. ii. p. 203 (1802). 

 Emberiza icterica, Eversm. Add. Pallas. Zoogr. Ross.-As. fasc. ii. p. 10 (1841). 

 Emberiza bruniceps, Brandt, Bull. Scient. Acad. St. Petersbourg, ix. no. 195, p. 11 (1842). 

 Euspiza icterica (Eversm.), Gray, Gen. of B. ii. p. 370 (1844). 

 " Emberiza brunniceps, Brandt," id. torn. cit. p. 377 (1844). 

 Euspiza luteola (Sparrm.), Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 128 (1849). 

 Euspiza {Granativora) luteola (Sparrm.), Gray, Hancl-1. of B. ii. p. 112. no. 7677 (1870). 

 Euspiza brunniceps (Brandt), Severtzoff, J. f. Orn. 1873, p. 365. 



Granativora luteola (Sparrm.), Bianchi, Bull. Acad. Imp. Scienc. St. Petersb. xii. p. 652 

 (1886). 



Gandam, Hind., Dalchidi, Sind, Pacha-jinuwayi, Tel. {fide Oates) ; SariJc-kutchJcach (Yellow- 

 bird), Turki {fide Scully); Bulle-Bulle-Goaya, Tekke {fide Zarudny). 



Figurce notabiles. 

 Sparrman, ut supra; Gray, Gen. of B. ii. pi. xci. 



tj ad. pileo, nucha et collo postico aurantiacis, fronte castaneo-rufo tincta : dorso et uropygio saturate flavis, 

 illo nigricante striato : alis fuscis, plumis in pogonio externo cervino marginatis : Cauda fusca, cervino 

 rnarginata. : loris, capitis lateribus, regione parotica, gula et gutture castaneis : corpore reliquo subtus 

 flavo : rostro plumbeo-cinereo, maxilla versus apicetn fusca : pedibus fusco-carneis : iride fusca. 



? ad. supra cinerea, capite et dorso nigro-fusco striatis : pileo flavido lavato : uropygio sordide flavido : alis 

 et cauda, sicut in mare picturatis : capitis lateribus cinereo-albidis : regione parotica pallide fusca : 

 gula, gutture et corpore subtus cervino-cinereis, flavido lavatis : abdomine magis flavo tincto : subcau- 

 dalibus pallide flavis. 



Adult Male in spring (Lower Jaxartes). Crown, nape, and hind neck rich orange-yellow, tinged with 

 rufous on the fore part of the crown ; back and rump deep yellow, the former striped with black ; 

 wings brown, the feathers narrowly edged with creamy white; tail brown, the feathers similarly 

 margined; lores, sides of the head, ear- coverts, throat, and the fore part of the neck chestnut-red; 

 rest of the underparts bright yellow : bill bluish grey, dusky on the tip of the upper mandible ; feet 

 fleshy brown, darker on the toes ; iris brown. Total length about 65 inches, culmen 06, wing 3'45, 

 tail 2-85, tarsus 0'85. 



Adult Female in summer (Chimkent, June 5th). Above ashy grey, streaked on the head and back with 

 blackish brown, the crown washed with yellow ; rump dull yellowish ; wings and tail as in the male ; 

 sides of the head dull greyish white; ear-coverts pale brown; chin, throat, and underparts generally 



