304 BUNTING. 



and bear no resemblance to their parents, except in the form of the 

 bill. He says, the bird measures six inches and a half in length, and 

 ten in breadth ; belly white, with orange spots : it is distinguishable 

 from the rest of the congeners, having no other colours than black, 

 white, greyish, and orange ; without any yellow, which in many of 

 the Buntings is the predominant colour. 



In a letter from the late Mr. W. Hudson, about the year 1790, 

 he says, I am convinced, that I saw in Devonshire, in pretty good 

 plenty, the Ember. Cia, or Foolish Bunting ; but on mentioning this 

 to Colonel Montagu, he seemed to think it a mistake ; as he never 

 met with one, although he resided there himself for a long time : 

 perhaps Mr. H. might mistake it for the Cirl Bunting. 



12— LORRAIN BUNTING. 



Emberiza Lotharingica, Ind. Orn.\. 404. Gm. Lin.i. 882. Shaiv's Zool.ix. 369. 

 Ortolan de Lorraine, Buf. iv. 323. PL enl. 511. 1 — male. 



- de Passage, PI. enl. 2 — female. 

 Lorrain Bunting, Gen. Syn. iii. 176. 



LENGTH six inches and a half. Bill and legs brownish flesh- 

 colour; plumage above rufous, dashed with black; sides of the 

 head pale ; through the eye a black streak ; from the base of the 

 lower mandible, round the chin, rising to the ears, a second streak 

 of black; the under parts, as far as the breast, pale ash-colour, 

 dotted with black ; belly and vent deep rufous ; lesser wing coverts 

 plain ash-colour, the others rufous and black mixed ; the two middle 

 tail feathers rufous; the others part black, part white, but the outer 

 ones have most white in them. 



The female is smaller, and has no black streaks on the side of 

 the head, but instead, a whitish trace over the eye, and a rufous 

 patch beneath ; under parts white, passing backwards as a half 

 collar; legs black. — Inhabits Lorraine : it seems to have a number 

 of markings in common with the Foolish Bunting. 



