CORDEAUX: HELIGOLAND. 



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' List of the Birds of the Western Palsearctic Region,' the Buntings 

 included in the Heligoland avi-fauna are 



1. Emberiza melanocephala Scop. Black-headed Bunting. 



About fifteen or twenty occurrences. 



2. Emberiza cinerea Strickl. Strickland's Bunting. Once. 



3. ^'Emberiza luteola Sparrm. Chestnut-headed Bunting. Twice 



seen in garden by Mr. Gatke — May and September — but 

 not obtained. The example in the collection was not taken 

 on the island. 



4. Emberiza miliaria Linn. Common Bunting. An occasional 



visitor, but never common. 



5. Emberiza citrinella Linn. Yellow Bunting. Common. 



6. Emberiza cirlus Linn. Cirl Bunting. Two or three times. 



7. Emberiza hortulana Linn. Ortolan. Common. 



8. Emberiza cia Linn. Meadow Bunting. Two or three times. 



9. Emberiza csesia Cretzsch. Cretzschm.ar's Bunting. Twenty 



to thirty years ago, in spring, with S.E. winds — altogether 

 then twenty or thirty occurrences. 



10. Emberiza leucocephala Gmel. Pine Bunting. One very 



fine male in spring, taken in ' throstle-bush ' in the garden. 



11. Emberiza aureola Pall. Yellow-breasted Bunting. Two 



young males and one female. 

 T2. Emberiza rustica Pall. Rustic Bunting. About ten times 

 in the autumn, and once in spring — a female. 



13. Emberiza pusilla Pall. Little Bunting. Forty to fifty 



occurrences. 



14. Emberiza schoeniclus Linn. Reed Bunting. Common. 



15. Emberiza pyrrhuloides Pall. Large-billed Reed Bunting. 



One, April 24th, 1879, o^^^ male in the most perfect 

 nuptial plumage. 



16. Calcarius lapponicus Linn. Lapland Bunting. Rare in 



spring, two or three a day in the autumn. 



17. Plectrophanes nivalis Linn. Snow Bunting. Common. 

 Einberiza chrysophrys Pall, the Yellow-browed Bunting, and 



E. striolata Licht., the Striped Bunting, have so far not yet been 

 recognised at Heligoland. 



Then again, take the case containing the PhylloscopincE. Where 

 in any other collection in Europe could we find, grouped together 

 within the space of a few inches, local examples of Phylloscopus 

 super ciliosus^ P. proregiilus^ P. tristts, P. bonellii, P. horealis^ P. nitidis, 

 and P. vh'idanus} 



* Not included in Mr. Dresser's ' List of European Birds.' 



Jan. 1888. 



