BLACK-HEADED BUNTING. 



EMBERIZA MELANOCEPHALA, Scop. 



Emberiza melanocephala. Scop. Ann. I. H. N. p. 142 (1769) ; 

 Naum. iv. p. 227; Dresser, iv. p. 151; Gould, Ibis, 1869, 

 p. 128. 



Euspiza melanocephala, Yarr. ed. 4, ii. p. 64. 



Bruant crocote, French ; Kappenammer, German. 



A common summer visitor to South-eastern Europe ; 

 rarely met with north of the Alps. 



One instance only is recorded of the occurrence of this 

 species in England. 



