60 EMBERIZID.E. 



The female lias the top of her head and ear-coverts dusky, 

 bordered with rufous-brown ; the lore, eyestreak, and chin 

 reddish-white ; a dark streak passes from the base of the 

 lower mandible, and spreads itself over the breast in dusky 

 spots ; a white line extends from the beak, and, passing 

 beneath the ear-coverts., forms a dingy white collar round the 

 neck. All the dusky feathers of the back are bordered with 

 rusty-brown, as in the male, but the pure grey that distin- 

 guishes that sex is wanting ; wings and tail as in the male. 

 Both sexes have the beak lead-coloured in summer. 



The young nestlings, when scarcely able to fly, have their 

 plumage nearly like the adult female ; but the dark marks are 

 very distinct, and the edges of the feathers are pale buff ; the 

 beak and legs are bluish flesh-colour. In this species the iris 

 is at all periods hazel. 



The adult male and female, in summer plumage, are repre- 

 sented in plate 101, and the egg similarly marked belongs to 

 this species. 



