EMBERIZA SHCENICLUS. 
REED BUNTING. 
Generic Character. E. miliaria, 
Uu^%nizk Slmniclus ; capite nigro, corpore griseo 
fusco nigroque, recticibus extimis ma- 
cula alba cuneiformi. 
Re£d Bunting. Head black ; body a mixture of grey, 
brown, and black ; outermost tail feathers 
with a white wedge-shaped spot. 
Emberiza Shoeniclus. Lin. Syst. 1 . p. 311. GmeL 
Syst. V. 2. p. 881. Ind. Orn. 402. 
L'Ortolan de Roseaux. Brisson Av. v. 3. p. 274* 
Hist d'Ois, V. 4. p. 315. PL Enl. 247. 
Jig. % (Mas.) 477. fig. 2. (Fcem.) 
Reed Sparrow. Raii Syn. Av. p. 93. 
Bruant im Roseau. Temm. Man. Orn, ed. 2. pt. I. 
p. 307. 
Reed Bunting. Br. Zool Svo. ed. v. 1. p. 440. 
Arct. Zool. "0. 2. p. 368. Alhin Birds, 
V. 2. t. bl. Lath. Syn. v. 3. p. 173. 
lb. Sup. 1. p. 157. Mont. Orn. DicL 
Bewick Br, Birds, pt. 1. p. 166. 
Egg, Ovarium Brit. pt. 2. 
This species is about six inches in length, and weighs 
five or six drams. Bill short, strong; irides dark; legs 
black: the female is somewhat smaller; has the head ru- 
fous brown, with dusky streaks, and wants the white ring 
round the neck, so conspicuous in the other sex. The 
young brood resemble the female till the ensuing spring, 
when the males acquire the black head and white ring sur- 
rounding it. 
The Reed Bunting is very common in marshy places 
abounding with reeds, and is readily discovered by its harsh 
note, which resembles that of the Yellow Bunting, except- 
ing being more drawn out, and terminating in a shriller key. 
This bird may generally be seen perched on the top of a 
