1849.] in the Asiatic Society's Museum. 811 



hair-brown above, the feathers centred with blackish-brown ; below 

 pale, with a median dusky streak to each feather. 



From the same vicinity as the last. 



No. 70S. Emberiza albida, nobis. Size and structure precisely 

 as in E. citrinella ; and colour much the same, except that the yellow 

 is replaced by white, and the ferruginous hue seen more or less in E. 

 citrinella as a line on each side of the throat and also on the breast 

 and flanks, is much more developed on the throat, sides of the neck, 

 and around and posterior to the eye. Length about 6 in., of wing 3f 

 in., and outermost tail-feather 3^ in. 



From the same vicinity as the last ; and the only perfectly typical 

 Bunting we have seen from any part of India. 



No. 709. Euspiza simillima, nobis : Emberiza melanocephala of 

 India, auctorum ; Tanagra rudis, (Mus. Carls.), Latham, — the female ? 

 Differs from Eu. melanocephala (vera) in its much smaller size ; the 

 closed wing measuring 3£ in. instead of 4 in., and the rest in propor- 

 tion. Common in S. India. 



No; 712. Eu. flavogularis, nobis: Emberiza aureola of India, 

 auctorum. Differs from Eu. aureola of Siberia in having no black on 

 the chin and throat, in the well defined yellow supercilium, and in 

 having the ear-coverts intermixed with yellow or grey. Common in 

 the countries bordering the Bay of Bengal to the eastward, as low as 

 the Tenasserim provinces, and also met with in Asam and along the S. 

 E. Himalaya. 



Eu. Huttoni, nobis : Emberiza Buchanani apud nos, J. A. S. XVI, 

 780.* Nearly affined to Eu. hortulana, but differing in colour, having 

 the scapularies, fore-part of wing, and margins of the coverts and ter- 

 tiaries, of the same pale rufous buff as the entire under-parts from the 

 breast inclusive, which is similar to that of the abdominal region only 

 of Eu. hortulana. Head, neck, throat, and interscapularies greyish 

 without marks, but traces of striation on the lower part of the back. 

 Orbital feathers whitish. Bill and feet pale. Inhabits Afghanistan. 



No. 727. Accentor atrogularis, Hutton. Closely affined to A. 

 strophiatus, but the throat black, divided from the ear-coverts by a 

 pale line proceeding from the corner of the lower mandible, and this 

 with the entire supercilium and the breast, of an uniform light rufes- 



* E. Buchanani, nobis,=Ew. hortulana, (L). 



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