52 MEADOW BUNTING. 



The young before the first moult differ considerably 

 from the adult. Top of the head and nape grey, with 

 a black streak in the middle of each feather; upper 

 parts of the body and wings varied like the female, 

 but of a more grey russet; under tail coverts russet, 

 with longitudinal spots of black; throat, front and sides 

 of neck, and top of the chest grey, marked with black 

 spots; the rest of chest and abdomen white, lightly 

 washed with russet. — (Degland.) 



My figures of the bird and its egg are from specimens 

 sent me by Mr. Tristram; the former is marked "Ksour, 

 Jan. 28th., 1857," and is therefore in its winter plumage. 

 The egg was from a nest of four, taken by Mr. Tristram 

 near Algiers, 1858. 



The bird has also been figured by Buffon, pi. enl. 3, 

 fig. 2, female or young under the name of Bruant de 

 pres de France, and 511, fig. 1, male in breeding 

 plumage, under the name of V Ortolan de Lorraine; 

 Naumann, Naturg. Neue Ausg., pi. 104, figs. 1 and 2; 

 Vieillot, Faun. France, p. 94, figs. 2 and 3; Roux, 

 Ornith. Prov., pi. Ill and 112, male and female, but 

 the figure marked a variety in pi. 112, is a male of E. 

 ccesia; Bouteil, Ornith. du Dauph., pi. 32, fig. 6; Gould, 

 13. of E., pi. 179. 



